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First detected 5 days ago · last seen 25 h ago · 50.876, -1.688
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 5 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 288 MW of heat — one of the larger fires burning in the UK right now. Smoke is drifting north.
Fire size
12.3 km²
about 1,800 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
288 MW
peak 174 MW
Satellite passes
376
88 hot pixels
Roughly where
Southern England · 50.88, -1.69
Smoke
Smoke is drifting north, on a 9 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 19 km² downwind. If it's heading your way, close windows and doors and bring washing and pets in.
How it's developed
First picked up by satellite
5 days ago
Wildfire detected — major, 268 MW, 4 px
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-POLZ (P68, UKP152) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,200 ft, 2.6 km from incident — discrete squawk
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: 9H-LAS (F900, FJO71P) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,350 ft, 11.3 km from incident — discrete squawk
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
4 days ago
If you can see it
Call 999 and ask for the Fire service — give a what3words location or a nearby landmark. Keep upwind and don't try to tackle it yourself.
Found automatically by Arcus from NASA satellite heat detections. Size, severity and smoke direction are estimates from orbit — this is a satellite's-eye view, not confirmed by the fire service. Seen by NOAA21. Back to all UK wildfires.