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First detected 3 days ago · last seen 37 h ago · 52.707, -1.974
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 3 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 22 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting east.
Fire size
0.4 km²
about 60 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
22 MW
peak 22 MW
Satellite passes
100
3 hot pixels
Roughly where
Midlands / East Anglia · 52.71, -1.97
Smoke
Smoke is drifting east, on a 4 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
3 days ago
Wildfire detected — significant, 22 MW, 1 px
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-TALO (C152, GTALO) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,700 ft, 10.8 km from incident
47 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
47 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 NOAA20,NOAA21. Back to all UK wildfires.