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First detected 6 days ago · last seen 5 days ago · 53.120, -1.046
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 6 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 33 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting east.
Fire size
0.3 km²
about 40 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
33 MW
peak 17 MW
Satellite passes
57
2 hot pixels
Roughly where
Northern England · 53.12, -1.05
Smoke
Smoke is drifting east, on a 31 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 125 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, 33 MW, 2 px
6 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-JAGS (C150) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,500 ft, 5.7 km from incident
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-POLV (P68, UKP155) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,550 ft, 6.7 km from incident
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~27 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-GALB (P28A, GGALB) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,600 ft, 6.6 km from incident — discrete squawk
25 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~34 min)
24 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 NOAA20. Back to all UK wildfires.