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First detected 5 days ago · last seen 3 days ago · 50.649, -2.199
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 5 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 23 MW of heat — one of the larger fires burning in the UK right now. Smoke is drifting east.
Fire size
2.4 km²
about 340 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
23 MW
peak 13 MW
Satellite passes
177
17 hot pixels
Roughly where
Southern England · 50.65, -2.20
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
5 days ago
Wildfire detected — minor, 8 MW, 2 px
5 days ago
Escalated to significant — 9 MW, 5 px
5 days ago
Escalated to major — 13 MW, 8 px
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-RESF (A139, SRG375) orbiting (rotary) @ 500 ft, 11.1 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
20 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~13 min)
20 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.