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First detected 14 h ago · last seen 17 min ago · 52.168, -1.890
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 14 hours. It measures roughly 0.8 km across and is giving off 34 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting east.
Fire size
0.4 km²
about 60 football pitches
Width
0.8 km
across
Heat output
34 MW
peak 14 MW
Satellite passes
34
3 hot pixels
Roughly where
Midlands / East Anglia · 52.17, -1.89
Smoke
Smoke is drifting east, on a 5 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
14 h ago
Wildfire detected — significant, 34 MW, 3 px
14 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BITH (C152, GBITH) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,300 ft, 3.3 km from incident — discrete squawk
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BWNC (C152, GBWNC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,700 ft, 10.0 km from incident
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CSGT (P28A, GCSGT) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,300 ft, 6.6 km from incident
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BNKC (C152, GBNKC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,800 ft, 7.1 km from incident — discrete squawk
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
4 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 NOAA20. Back to all UK wildfires.