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First detected 24 days ago · last seen 17 days ago · 53.945, -0.391
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 24 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 33 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting north.
Fire size
0.1 km²
about 20 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
33 MW
peak 33 MW
Satellite passes
210
1 hot pixels
Roughly where
Northern England · 53.94, -0.39
Smoke
Smoke is drifting north, on a 12 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 20 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
24 days ago
Wildfire detected — significant, 33 MW, 1 px
24 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-HULL (C150, GHULL) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,700 ft, 1.3 km from incident
23 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~17 min)
23 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BIDH (C152, GBHVP) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 600 ft, 3.7 km from incident
22 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
22 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BIDH (C152, GBIDH) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 600 ft, 2.7 km from incident
21 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1652 min)
21 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-HULL (C150, GHULL) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 650 ft, 6.9 km from incident
21 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~3097 min)
21 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BIDH (C152, GBIDH) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 650 ft, 5.8 km from incident
21 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1722 min)
21 days ago
Auto-closed — no detection in 5 days
17 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.