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First detected 14 h ago · last seen 18 min ago · 52.856, -1.483
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 14 hours. It measures roughly 0.9 km across and is giving off 26 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting south-east.
Fire size
0.8 km²
about 120 football pitches
Width
0.9 km
across
Heat output
26 MW
peak 15 MW
Satellite passes
34
6 hot pixels
Roughly where
Midlands / East Anglia · 52.86, -1.48
Smoke
Smoke is drifting south-east, on a 10 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 13 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
14 h ago
Wildfire detected — significant, 26 MW, 4 px
14 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,000 ft, 10.2 km from incident
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~38 min)
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,100 ft, 11.7 km from incident
3 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ODAC (C152, GODAC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 900 ft, 7.3 km from incident
2 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~127 min)
2 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~32 min)
2 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,100 ft, 12.0 km from incident
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 Aqua,NOAA21,SNPP,Terra. Back to all UK wildfires.