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First detected 26 days ago · last seen 17 days ago · 52.058, 0.494
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 26 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 27 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting north.
Fire size
0.6 km²
about 80 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
27 MW
peak 13 MW
Satellite passes
237
4 hot pixels
Roughly where
Midlands / East Anglia · 52.06, 0.49
Smoke
Smoke is drifting north, on a 7 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 5 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
26 days ago
Wildfire detected — significant, 27 MW, 4 px
26 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: GEGCB orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 400 ft, 4.7 km from incident — discrete squawk
21 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~38 min)
21 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: GEGCB orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,850 ft, 2.3 km from incident — discrete squawk
21 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~144 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.