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First detected 4 days ago · last seen 39 h ago · 50.862, -3.415
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 4 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 65 MW of heat — one of the larger fires burning in the UK right now. Smoke is drifting north-east.
Fire size
1.1 km²
about 160 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
65 MW
peak 12 MW
Satellite passes
193
8 hot pixels
Roughly where
Southern England · 50.86, -3.41
Smoke
Smoke is drifting north-east, on a 3 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 4 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
4 days ago
Wildfire detected — minor, 3 MW, 1 px
4 days ago
Escalated to significant — 3 MW, 1 px
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BHYP (C172, GBHYP) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,600 ft, 6.4 km from incident — discrete squawk
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10 min)
3 days ago
Escalated to major — 65 MW, 8 px
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-GNHL (EFOX, GGNHL) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,500 ft, 5.0 km from incident — discrete squawk
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-GNHL (EFOX, GGNHL) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,450 ft, 6.5 km from incident — discrete squawk
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~130 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-GNHL (EFOX, GGNHL) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 600 ft, 9.3 km from incident
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~234 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-GNHL (EFOX, GGNHL) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,350 ft, 6.9 km from incident — discrete squawk
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~305 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-GNHL (EFOX, GGNHL) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,600 ft, 7.3 km from incident — discrete squawk
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~345 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-GNHL (EFOX, GGNHL) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,550 ft, 8.4 km from incident — discrete squawk
47 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~402 min)
47 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-LEOS (DR40, GLEOS) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,000 ft, 11.4 km from incident — discrete squawk
30 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~15 min)
30 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-LHXD (DA42, LDG18) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,800 ft, 11.6 km from incident — discrete squawk
29 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-GNHL (EFOX, GGNHL) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 950 ft, 10.7 km from incident — discrete squawk
29 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~17 min)
29 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1458 min)
29 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-GNHL (EFOX, GGNHL) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,300 ft, 8.9 km from incident — discrete squawk
29 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1493 min)
28 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-GNHL (EFOX, GGNHL) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,400 ft, 8.6 km from incident — discrete squawk
28 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1527 min)
28 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-GNHL (EFOX, GGNHL) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,250 ft, 8.1 km from incident — discrete squawk
28 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1558 min)
27 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-GNHL (EFOX, GGNHL) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,450 ft, 8.6 km from incident — discrete squawk
27 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1605 min)
27 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-GNHL (EFOX, GGNHL) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 650 ft, 10.4 km from incident — discrete squawk
26 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1642 min)
26 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: N34TN (S22T) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 4,250 ft, 7.8 km from incident — discrete squawk
5 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DUNK (C172, GDUNK) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 5,000 ft, 9.0 km from incident — discrete squawk
5 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
5 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
5 h 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 SNPP. Back to all UK wildfires.