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First detected 24 days ago · last seen 17 days ago · 54.405, -1.684
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 24 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 53 MW of heat — one of the larger fires burning in the UK right now. Smoke is drifting north-east.
Fire size
0.1 km²
about 20 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
53 MW
peak 53 MW
Satellite passes
210
1 hot pixels
Roughly where
Northern England · 54.41, -1.68
Smoke
Smoke is drifting north-east, on a 11 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 20 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, 53 MW, 1 px
24 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BYUD (G115, UAQ11) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,350 ft, 9.0 km from incident — discrete squawk
23 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~11 min)
23 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-POLA (EC35, UKP028) orbiting (rotary) @ 950 ft, 8.1 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
20 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~21 min)
20 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BYUX (G115, UAQ06) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 5,150 ft, 9.6 km from incident — discrete squawk
18 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
18 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.