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First detected 4 days ago · last seen 3 days ago · 52.198, -1.430
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 4 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 36 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting north-west.
Fire size
0.8 km²
about 120 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
36 MW
peak 10 MW
Satellite passes
91
6 hot pixels
Roughly where
Midlands / East Anglia · 52.20, -1.43
Smoke
Smoke is drifting north-west, on a 8 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 10 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 — significant, 36 MW, 6 px
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BUIH (SF25, GBUIH) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,650 ft, 6.9 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~14 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BUIH (SF25, GBUIH) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,450 ft, 10.0 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~42 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-SRWN (P28A, GSRWN) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,200 ft, 7.9 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CGXP (G109, GCGXP) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 500 ft, 7.7 km from incident
47 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10 min)
47 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 NOAA21. Back to all UK wildfires.