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First detected 9 days ago · last seen 3 days ago · 51.500, -1.803
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 9 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 48 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting east.
Fire size
0.3 km²
about 40 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
48 MW
peak 48 MW
Satellite passes
240
2 hot pixels
Roughly where
Southern England · 51.50, -1.80
Smoke
Smoke is drifting east, on a 5 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
9 days ago
Wildfire detected — significant, 18 MW, 2 px
9 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-RISA (P28A, GRISA) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,200 ft, 3.7 km from incident
8 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~13 min)
8 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CLEV (C42, GCLEV) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,750 ft, 10.8 km from incident
7 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~11 min)
7 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CHWN (C42, GCHWN) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,600 ft, 6.2 km from incident
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~15 min)
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CHWN (C42, GCHWN) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,050 ft, 10.6 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~3038 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CHWN (C42, GCHWN) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,400 ft, 7.7 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~3161 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CLEV (C42, GCLEV) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,350 ft, 8.5 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~5944 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CHWN (C42, GCHWN) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,900 ft, 8.7 km from incident
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~4404 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-VICC (P28A, GVICC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,500 ft, 8.9 km from incident
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CLEV (C42, GCLEV) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,450 ft, 10.2 km from incident
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~7229 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-LAPL (SF25, GLAPL) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,000 ft, 9.4 km from incident — discrete squawk
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CGNI (C42, GCGNI) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 650 ft, 11.9 km from incident
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CLEV (C42, GCLEV) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,500 ft, 11.5 km from incident
7 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10004 min)
7 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 Aqua. Back to all UK wildfires.