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First detected 4 days ago · last seen 3 days ago · 52.304, -2.211
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 4 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 69 MW of heat — one of the larger fires burning in the UK right now. Smoke is drifting north-west.
Fire size
0.7 km²
about 100 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
69 MW
peak 15 MW
Satellite passes
91
5 hot pixels
Roughly where
Midlands / East Anglia · 52.30, -2.21
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 — major, 69 MW, 5 px
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-MUON (GLID, GMUON) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 4,450 ft, 11.8 km from incident
25 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~670 min)
14 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.