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First detected 4 days ago · last seen 47 h ago · 52.505, -0.705
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 4 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 25 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting north-west.
Fire size
0.8 km²
about 120 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
25 MW
peak 18 MW
Satellite passes
229
6 hot pixels
Roughly where
Midlands / East Anglia · 52.50, -0.71
Smoke
Smoke is drifting north-west, on a 4 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, 18 MW, 1 px
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BYWR (G115, UAT858) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 4,950 ft, 8.9 km from incident — discrete squawk
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~11 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-GOES (R44, GGOES) orbiting (rotary) @ 2,700 ft, 9.4 km from incident — possible air-attack
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BYWZ (G115, WIT17) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,700 ft, 9.7 km from incident — discrete squawk
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BYWA (G115, WIT34) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,600 ft, 10.5 km from incident — discrete squawk
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-FNLD (C172, GFNLD) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,100 ft, 10.3 km from incident
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CDXL (FDCT, GCDXL) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,100 ft, 8.3 km from incident
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~15 min)
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~20 min)
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CKCE (VENT, GCKCE) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 5,900 ft, 9.6 km from incident
1 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~16 min)
1 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,NOAA21. Back to all UK wildfires.