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First detected 7 days ago · last seen 37 h ago · 51.837, 0.841
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 7 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 22 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting north-east.
Fire size
0.8 km²
about 120 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
22 MW
peak 5 MW
Satellite passes
159
6 hot pixels
Roughly where
Southern England · 51.84, 0.84
Smoke
Smoke is drifting north-east, on a 3 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
7 days ago
Wildfire detected — minor, 5 MW, 1 px
7 days ago
Escalated to significant — 5 MW, 1 px
7 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ECAG (HR20, GECAG) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,050 ft, 8.6 km from incident
6 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
6 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ECAG (HR20, GECAG) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,000 ft, 10.5 km from incident
6 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~36 min)
6 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ECAG (HR20, GECAG) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,800 ft, 6.4 km from incident
6 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~122 min)
6 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BSCY (P28A, GBSCY) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,900 ft, 11.1 km from incident — discrete squawk
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~18 min)
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-TXAS (C150, GTXAS) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,900 ft, 6.7 km from incident
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~12 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ECAG (HR20, GECAG) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,000 ft, 4.9 km from incident
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~2917 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BOTF (P28A, GBOTF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,300 ft, 5.6 km from incident — discrete squawk
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-OPSL (P32R, GTRGG) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,800 ft, 3.9 km from incident — discrete squawk
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~11 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ECAR (HR20, GECAR) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,100 ft, 3.9 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BOIO (C152, GBOIO) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,200 ft, 7.4 km from incident — discrete squawk
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ECAR (HR20, GECAR) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,300 ft, 4.6 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~218 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-VBFZ (BALL, GVBAT) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,250 ft, 8.2 km from incident
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~13 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-VBFZ (BALL, GVBAT) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,650 ft, 9.2 km from incident
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~59 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BGND (C172, GBGND) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,600 ft, 8.4 km from incident
26 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10 min)
26 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-SHSP (C172, GSHSP) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,800 ft, 7.9 km from incident — discrete squawk
3 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~13 min)
3 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-SHSP (C172, GSHSP) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 800 ft, 8.1 km from incident — discrete squawk
3 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~35 min)
3 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 NOAA21. Back to all UK wildfires.