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First detected 24 days ago · last seen 17 days ago · 52.925, -0.228
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 24 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 232 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
232 MW
peak 232 MW
Satellite passes
210
2 hot pixels
Roughly where
Midlands / East Anglia · 52.93, -0.23
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, 232 MW, 1 px
24 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BYUZ (G115, UAH403A) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,450 ft, 9.9 km from incident — discrete squawk
23 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BYWO (G115, UAH438A) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 5,000 ft, 5.9 km from incident — discrete squawk
23 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
23 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~19 min)
23 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BYVP (G115, UAH407) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,750 ft, 9.7 km from incident
22 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~15 min)
22 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-GIAN (C42, GGIAN) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 750 ft, 11.7 km from incident
21 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
21 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BPYR (PA31, BRO81) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 5,900 ft, 10.4 km from incident — discrete squawk
19 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~62 min)
19 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BPYR (PA31, BRO81) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 6,100 ft, 9.9 km from incident — discrete squawk
19 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~250 min)
19 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BPYR (PA31, BRO81) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 6,100 ft, 6.7 km from incident — discrete squawk
19 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~264 min)
19 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BYWO (G115, CWL15) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 7,150 ft, 9.5 km from incident — discrete squawk
19 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~6002 min)
19 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: ZZ504 (B350, MONTY54) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 10,000 ft, 11.0 km from incident — discrete squawk
19 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
19 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.