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First detected 4 days ago · last seen 3 days ago · 52.236, -1.519
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
0.7 km²
about 100 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
36 MW
peak 16 MW
Satellite passes
182
5 hot pixels
Roughly where
Midlands / East Anglia · 52.24, -1.52
Smoke
Smoke is drifting north-west, on a 6 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 — significant, 36 MW, 5 px
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BUIH (SF25, GBUIH) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 550 ft, 9.7 km from incident
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-LHXD (DA42, LDG26) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,550 ft, 11.0 km from incident
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ONOA (P28R, GONOA) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,100 ft, 8.7 km from incident
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CMOM (P28A, GCMOM) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,700 ft, 8.0 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BUIH (SF25, GBUIH) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,650 ft, 9.6 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1050 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BHUI (C152, GBHUI) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 800 ft, 9.1 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~15 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CMOM (P28A, GCMOM) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,150 ft, 9.3 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~113 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-MRSB (R44, GMRSB) orbiting (rotary) @ 450 ft, 7.4 km from incident — possible air-attack
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CKEY (P28A, OTK37) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 700 ft, 9.9 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~13 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CMYL (SIRA, AOS82) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 850 ft, 9.8 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~11 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-MKAS (P28A, GMKAS) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,100 ft, 11.0 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-LLMW (DA42, N) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,000 ft, 11.1 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-WFWA (P28A, GWFWA) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,400 ft, 6.3 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~11 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BPWM (C150, GBPWM) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 900 ft, 9.2 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BWND (C152, GBWND) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 700 ft, 9.4 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~11 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BPCK (P28A, GBPCK) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 900 ft, 7.9 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: N882JH (M7) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 650 ft, 9.8 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BITH (C152, GBITH) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 700 ft, 7.8 km from incident
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~20 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-COVZ (C150, GCOVZ) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 800 ft, 10.4 km from incident
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-FIAT (P28A, GFIAT) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,150 ft, 10.6 km from incident
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~14 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-PETR (P28A, GPETR) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,800 ft, 9.6 km from incident
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BWND (C152, GBWND) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,800 ft, 8.9 km from incident
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1135 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~13 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CMOM (P28A, GCMOM) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,050 ft, 7.1 km from incident
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1541 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BITH (C152, GBITH) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 900 ft, 9.0 km from incident
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~182 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BWND (C152, GBWND) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 800 ft, 9.1 km from incident
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1278 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CKEY (P28A, OTK12) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 700 ft, 11.2 km from incident
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1519 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: GCNCV orbiting (rotary) @ 550 ft, 10.2 km from incident — possible air-attack
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~23 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-LINZ (R44, GLINZ) orbiting (rotary) @ 600 ft, 10.2 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
47 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
47 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CKEY (P28A, GCKEY) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 400 ft, 7.1 km from incident
46 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1658 min)
46 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BITH (C152, GBITH) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 400 ft, 9.6 km from incident
30 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BPWM (C150, GBPWM) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 900 ft, 9.7 km from incident
30 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1481 min)
29 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~2486 min)
29 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CMYL (SIRA, AOS03) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,000 ft, 9.8 km from incident
28 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CMOM (P28A, GCMOM) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 600 ft, 6.8 km from incident
28 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~2985 min)
27 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~2740 min)
27 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BHUI (C152, GBHUI) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 900 ft, 10.8 km from incident
27 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: GCNCV orbiting (rotary) @ 550 ft, 10.1 km from incident — possible air-attack
27 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~3006 min)
27 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1288 min)
27 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CKEY (P28A, GCKEY) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 900 ft, 11.3 km from incident
26 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~2888 min)
26 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CTSV (DA42, AOS45) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 900 ft, 10.9 km from incident
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BITH (C152, GBITH) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,000 ft, 11.5 km from incident
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~3021 min)
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BPCK (P28A, GBPCK) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 900 ft, 10.2 km from incident
3 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BRBD (P28A, GBRBD) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,100 ft, 5.8 km from incident
3 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~4044 min)
3 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~12 min)
3 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.