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First detected 4 days ago · last seen 3 days ago · 51.589, -1.706
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 4 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 10 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting east.
Fire size
0.1 km²
about 20 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
10 MW
peak 10 MW
Satellite passes
127
1 hot pixels
Roughly where
Southern England · 51.59, -1.71
Smoke
Smoke is drifting east, on a 8 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 11 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
4 days ago
Wildfire detected — minor, 10 MW, 1 px
4 days ago
Escalated to significant — 10 MW, 1 px
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CHWN (C42, GCHWN) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,050 ft, 11.9 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BOMU (P28A, GBOMU) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,600 ft, 8.6 km from incident
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: GLKZZ orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,400 ft, 10.1 km from incident — discrete squawk
6 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~30 min)
6 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 Aqua. Back to all UK wildfires.