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First detected 46 h ago · last seen 25 h ago · 51.467, -1.606
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 2 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 24 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting north.
Fire size
0.1 km²
about 20 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
24 MW
peak 24 MW
Satellite passes
67
1 hot pixels
Roughly where
Southern England · 51.47, -1.61
Smoke
Smoke is drifting north, on a 11 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 21 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
46 h ago
Wildfire detected — significant, 24 MW, 1 px
46 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: GLKZZ orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,500 ft, 10.7 km from incident — discrete squawk
28 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
28 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DIIO (GLID, GDIIO) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,100 ft, 7.3 km from incident
26 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~11 min)
26 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-JJAN (P28A, GJJAN) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,500 ft, 11.2 km from incident — discrete squawk
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ARVU (P28A) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,000 ft, 11.3 km from incident
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
3 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ARVU (P28A, GARVU) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 600 ft, 11.5 km from incident
2 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~97 min)
2 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.