Loading
Loading
First detected 24 days ago · last seen 17 days ago · 54.632, -1.397
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 24 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 70 MW of heat — one of the larger fires burning in the UK right now. Smoke is drifting north-east.
Fire size
0.3 km²
about 40 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
70 MW
peak 70 MW
Satellite passes
315
2 hot pixels
Roughly where
Northern England · 54.63, -1.40
Smoke
Smoke is drifting north-east, on a 13 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 34 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, 70 MW, 1 px
24 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-TESG (DA42, GTESG) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,500 ft, 5.9 km from incident — discrete squawk
23 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
23 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DOFY (B06, NHL22) orbiting (rotary) @ 600 ft, 10.1 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
22 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
22 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-LFSJ (P28A, GLFSJ) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 500 ft, 10.1 km from incident — discrete squawk
22 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~34 min)
22 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DOFY (B06, NHL22) orbiting (rotary) @ 800 ft, 11.9 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
22 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~124 min)
22 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DOFY (B06, NHL22) orbiting (rotary) @ 500 ft, 11.6 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
22 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~207 min)
22 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DOFY (B06, NHL22) orbiting (rotary) @ 700 ft, 11.3 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
22 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~223 min)
22 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-LINZ (R44, GLINZ) orbiting (rotary) @ 900 ft, 6.5 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
20 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
20 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-LFSJ (P28A, GLFSJ) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 800 ft, 10.3 km from incident — discrete squawk
18 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~5586 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.