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First detected 26 days ago · last seen 17 days ago · 52.754, 0.195
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 26 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 82 MW of heat — one of the larger fires burning in the UK right now. Smoke is drifting north.
Fire size
0.1 km²
about 20 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
82 MW
peak 82 MW
Satellite passes
333
1 hot pixels
Roughly where
Midlands / East Anglia · 52.75, 0.19
Smoke
Smoke is drifting north, on a 8 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 11 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
26 days ago
Wildfire detected — minor, 3 MW, 1 px
26 days ago
Escalated to significant — 3 MW, 1 px
26 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: ZM736 (H64, VULTR01) orbiting (rotary) @ 1,600 ft, 11.7 km from incident — possible air-attack
24 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
24 days ago
Escalated to major — 82 MW, 1 px
24 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.