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First detected 22 days ago · last seen 14 days ago · 53.755, -0.698
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 22 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 30 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting north-east.
Fire size
0.1 km²
about 20 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
30 MW
peak 30 MW
Satellite passes
237
1 hot pixels
Roughly where
Northern England · 53.75, -0.70
Smoke
Smoke is drifting north-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
22 days ago
Wildfire detected — significant, 30 MW, 1 px
22 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BGBI (C150, GBGBI) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,800 ft, 11.7 km from incident
18 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10 min)
18 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BGBI (C150, GBGBI) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,950 ft, 10.9 km from incident — discrete squawk
15 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~4103 min)
15 days ago
Auto-closed — no detection in 5 days
14 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 SNPP. Back to all UK wildfires.