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First detected 5 days ago · last seen 4 days ago · 51.533, 0.207
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 5 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 28 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting west.
Fire size
0.1 km²
about 20 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
28 MW
peak 28 MW
Satellite passes
131
1 hot pixels
Roughly where
Southern England · 51.53, 0.21
Smoke
Smoke is drifting west, on a 4 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
5 days ago
Wildfire detected — significant, 28 MW, 1 px
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-SWAY (PA18, GSWAY) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,650 ft, 10.2 km from incident
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~18 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CMWC (PIAT, GCMWC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 900 ft, 4.6 km from incident
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~43 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-YROG (MM24, GYROG) orbiting (rotary) @ 1,100 ft, 4.7 km from incident — possible air-attack
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~19 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-YROG (MM24, GYROG) orbiting (rotary) @ 700 ft, 3.4 km from incident — possible air-attack
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~34 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: GOJKM orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,100 ft, 4.9 km from incident
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CMWC (PIAT, GCMWC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 500 ft, 2.9 km from incident
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-PTTA (C152, GPTTA) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,800 ft, 7.9 km from incident — discrete squawk
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~422 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CMWC (PIAT, GCMWC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 600 ft, 4.1 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1432 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CMWC (PIAT, GCMWC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 850 ft, 3.3 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1444 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-SWAY (PA18, GSWAY) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,550 ft, 6.3 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1583 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-YROG (MM24, GYROG) orbiting (rotary) @ 1,100 ft, 6.9 km from incident — possible air-attack
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1371 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BYBI (B06, NHL09) orbiting (rotary) @ 1,000 ft, 8.1 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BYBI (B06, NHL09) orbiting (rotary) @ 900 ft, 8.6 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~28 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BNUT (C152, GBNUT) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,150 ft, 11.8 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BNUT (C152, GBNUT) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 800 ft, 11.9 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ISMC (C152, GISMC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,800 ft, 10.8 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~29 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-OTAW (NG5, GOTAW) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 550 ft, 3.3 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~12 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-OTAW (NG5, GOTAW) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 750 ft, 3.8 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~37 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CKZZ (MM16, GCKZZ) orbiting (rotary) @ 550 ft, 2.7 km from incident — possible air-attack
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~25 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CKZZ (MM16, GCKZZ) orbiting (rotary) @ 800 ft, 2.9 km from incident — possible air-attack
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~37 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BTGY (P28A, GBTGY) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 850 ft, 12.0 km from incident
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~14 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BTGY (P28A, GBTGY) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,200 ft, 11.6 km from incident
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ISMC (C152, GISMC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,000 ft, 11.1 km from incident
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~38 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1216 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ELBB (PIAT, GELBB) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 500 ft, 2.7 km from incident
47 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
47 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-YROG (MM24, GYROG) orbiting (rotary) @ 1,000 ft, 2.8 km from incident — possible air-attack
26 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CKZZ (MM16, GCKZZ) orbiting (rotary) @ 950 ft, 4.4 km from incident — possible air-attack
25 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~4217 min)
25 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1515 min)
25 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CKZZ (MM16, GCKZZ) orbiting (rotary) @ 1,000 ft, 4.1 km from incident — possible air-attack
25 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1528 min)
25 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CKZZ (MM16, GCKZZ) orbiting (rotary) @ 750 ft, 4.3 km from incident — possible air-attack
23 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1648 min)
23 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CKZZ (MM16, GCKZZ) orbiting (rotary) @ 1,150 ft, 2.9 km from incident — possible air-attack
23 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-YROG (MM24, GYROG) orbiting (rotary) @ 1,750 ft, 4.9 km from incident — possible air-attack
23 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1668 min)
23 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~4395 min)
22 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CMPO (MM24, GCMPO) orbiting (rotary) @ 1,250 ft, 4.2 km from incident — possible air-attack
22 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
22 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-UNJA (PIAT, GUNJA) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,100 ft, 4.6 km from incident
21 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~11 min)
21 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 Aqua. Back to all UK wildfires.