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First detected 3 days ago · last seen 38 h ago · 50.738, -3.506
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 3 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 97 MW of heat — one of the larger fires burning in the UK right now. Smoke is drifting north.
Fire size
0.7 km²
about 100 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
97 MW
peak 97 MW
Satellite passes
197
5 hot pixels
Roughly where
Southern England · 50.74, -3.51
Smoke
Smoke is drifting north, on a 2 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
3 days ago
Wildfire detected — significant, 38 MW, 4 px
3 days ago
Escalated to major — 97 MW, 5 px
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-LEOS (DR40, GLEOS) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 800 ft, 2.8 km from incident — discrete squawk
30 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~29 min)
30 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-LHXD (DA42, LDG18) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,950 ft, 10.5 km from incident — discrete squawk
29 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
29 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-LHXD (DA42, LDG18) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 600 ft, 10.0 km from incident — discrete squawk
29 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~19 min)
29 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BGYH (P28A, GBGYH) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,200 ft, 9.0 km from incident — discrete squawk
28 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
28 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: N34TN (S22T) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,400 ft, 10.5 km from incident — discrete squawk
5 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
5 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BOXC (P28A, GBOXC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 900 ft, 9.0 km from incident — discrete squawk
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-LEOS (DR40, GLEOS) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 800 ft, 9.8 km from incident — discrete squawk
3 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1684 min)
2 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 Aqua. Back to all UK wildfires.