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First detected 24 days ago · last seen 17 days ago · 53.175, -0.464
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 24 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 109 MW of heat — one of the larger fires burning in the UK right now. Smoke is drifting north.
Fire size
0.3 km²
about 40 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
109 MW
peak 109 MW
Satellite passes
315
2 hot pixels
Roughly where
Northern England · 53.17, -0.46
Smoke
Smoke is drifting north, on a 9 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 16 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 — major, 109 MW, 1 px
24 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: ZM337 (E50P, CWL31) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 800 ft, 3.9 km from incident — discrete squawk
23 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
23 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: ZM337 (E50P, CWL31) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,400 ft, 1.7 km from incident — discrete squawk
23 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~30 min)
23 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: ZZ418 (B350, SRPNT48) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,100 ft, 5.4 km from incident — discrete squawk
19 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10 min)
19 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: ZM333 (E50P, CWL35) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,150 ft, 6.3 km from incident — discrete squawk
19 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~18 min)
19 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BYXH (G115, UAH83) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 7,200 ft, 8.8 km from incident — discrete squawk
18 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
18 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.