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First detected 3 days ago · last seen 41 h ago · 51.134, -1.796
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 3 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 6 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting north-west.
Fire size
0.1 km²
about 20 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
6 MW
peak 6 MW
Satellite passes
133
1 hot pixels
Roughly where
Southern England · 51.13, -1.80
Smoke
Smoke is drifting north-west, on a 7 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 6 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
3 days ago
Wildfire detected — minor, 6 MW, 1 px
3 days ago
Escalated to significant — 6 MW, 1 px
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: N240GS (C208) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 6,500 ft, 4.5 km from incident — discrete squawk
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
2 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.