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First detected 6 days ago · last seen 5 days ago · 50.932, 0.097
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 6 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 14 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting south.
Fire size
0.1 km²
about 20 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
14 MW
peak 14 MW
Satellite passes
57
1 hot pixels
Roughly where
Southern England · 50.93, 0.10
Smoke
Smoke is drifting south, on a 44 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 254 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
6 days ago
Wildfire detected — significant, 14 MW, 1 px
6 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ESGC (EFOX, GESGC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,400 ft, 3.2 km from incident — discrete squawk
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ESGC (EFOX, GESGC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,000 ft, 3.2 km from incident — discrete squawk
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1464 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ESGC (EFOX) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,000 ft, 2.1 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1641 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CEZO (P28A, GCEZO) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,200 ft, 9.3 km from incident — discrete squawk
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CLPP (RV7, GCLPP) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,000 ft, 11.9 km from incident — discrete squawk
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
2 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 NOAA20. Back to all UK wildfires.