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First detected 21 days ago · last seen 14 days ago · 51.006, -2.575
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 21 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 25 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting north-west.
Fire size
0.1 km²
about 20 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
25 MW
peak 25 MW
Satellite passes
113
1 hot pixels
Roughly where
Southern England · 51.01, -2.58
Smoke
Smoke is drifting north-west, on a 3 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
21 days ago
Wildfire detected — significant, 25 MW, 1 px
21 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: ZZ531 (LYNX, INFNO38) orbiting (rotary) @ 900 ft, 10.4 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
20 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~18 min)
20 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CGKE (G115, BTNIA11) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 5,800 ft, 8.7 km from incident — discrete squawk
19 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CGKD (G115, BTNIA20) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,650 ft, 11.5 km from incident — discrete squawk
19 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
19 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CGKE (G115, BTNIA11) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 4,100 ft, 11.4 km from incident — discrete squawk
19 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~16 min)
19 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~30 min)
19 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: WHE02 orbiting (rotary) @ 900 ft, 8.3 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
18 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
18 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: WHE02 orbiting (rotary) @ 1,400 ft, 11.9 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
18 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~29 min)
18 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: ZZ513 (LYNX, TALON07) orbiting (rotary) @ 3,750 ft, 9.9 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
18 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
18 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CGKL (G115, BTNIA18) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,900 ft, 7.5 km from incident — discrete squawk
17 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~14 min)
17 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CGKL (G115, BTNIA18) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 4,000 ft, 10.6 km from incident — discrete squawk
17 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~33 min)
17 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: ZZ395 (LYNX, MARINE11) orbiting (rotary) @ 1,350 ft, 9.5 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
17 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~14 min)
17 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: WHE02 orbiting (rotary) @ 1,400 ft, 11.2 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
17 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1558 min)
17 days ago
Auto-closed — no detection in 5 days
14 days 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.