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First detected 6 days ago · last seen 5 days ago · 50.880, -2.144
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 6 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 95 MW of heat — one of the larger fires burning in the UK right now. Smoke is drifting north-east.
Fire size
0.7 km²
about 100 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
95 MW
peak 23 MW
Satellite passes
57
5 hot pixels
Roughly where
Southern England · 50.88, -2.14
Smoke
Smoke is drifting north-east, on a 50 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 254 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
6 days ago
Wildfire detected — major, 95 MW, 5 px
6 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CEIZ (P28A, GCEIZ) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,500 ft, 11.0 km from incident
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BKCC (P28A, GBKCC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 800 ft, 9.9 km from incident
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-JHAC (C150, GJHAC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,400 ft, 11.7 km from incident
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10 min)
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-SHBA (C152, GSHBA) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,150 ft, 10.8 km from incident
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-HFCL (C152, GEGTU) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,800 ft, 11.6 km from incident
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CDDG (P28A, GCDDG) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,200 ft, 10.5 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CCZL (C42, GCCZL) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,750 ft, 10.9 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~14 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CCZL (C42, GCCZL) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,800 ft, 8.5 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~27 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-LFSW (P28A, GLFSW) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,400 ft, 11.2 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CDOK (C42, GCDOK) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,300 ft, 9.7 km from incident
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~13 min)
47 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: ZM748 (H64, AAC311) orbiting (rotary) @ 5,200 ft, 12.0 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
42 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
42 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BJBW (P28A, GBJBW) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,600 ft, 11.3 km from incident
25 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
25 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DSCC (A169, HLE10) orbiting (rotary) @ 1,550 ft, 11.3 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
25 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
25 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CGKE (G115, BTNIA14) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 6,150 ft, 10.2 km from incident — discrete squawk
23 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
23 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-IIGB (GB1, GIIGB) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 5,650 ft, 12.0 km from incident — discrete squawk
22 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
22 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.