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First detected 6 days ago · last seen 4 days ago · 52.856, -1.483
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 6 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 26 MW of heat — one of the larger fires burning in the UK right now. Smoke is drifting east.
Fire size
1.1 km²
about 160 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
26 MW
peak 15 MW
Satellite passes
115
8 hot pixels
Roughly where
Midlands / East Anglia · 52.86, -1.48
Smoke
Smoke is drifting east, on a 2 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
6 days ago
Wildfire detected — significant, 26 MW, 4 px
6 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,000 ft, 10.2 km from incident
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~38 min)
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,100 ft, 11.7 km from incident
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ODAC (C152, GODAC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 900 ft, 7.3 km from incident
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~127 min)
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~32 min)
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,100 ft, 12.0 km from incident
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~209 min)
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ODAC (C152, GODAC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,000 ft, 7.5 km from incident
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~100 min)
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BJXZ (C172, GBJXZ) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,250 ft, 11.4 km from incident
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~48 min)
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BJXZ (C172, GBJXZ) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 700 ft, 10.5 km from incident
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-OIMC (C152, GOIMC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 700 ft, 10.0 km from incident — discrete squawk
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~117 min)
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~19 min)
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-OIMC (C152, GOIMC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,150 ft, 9.2 km from incident — discrete squawk
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~33 min)
5 days ago
Escalated to major — 26 MW, 8 px
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BJXZ (C172, GBJXZ) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,050 ft, 11.7 km from incident
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 600 ft, 8.7 km from incident
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1071 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1397 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 550 ft, 10.7 km from incident
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1483 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 550 ft, 11.0 km from incident
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1576 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-FOZY (RV7) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 750 ft, 9.3 km from incident
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~13 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,000 ft, 11.4 km from incident
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1839 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BLZP (C152, GBLZP) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 850 ft, 9.0 km from incident — discrete squawk
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 550 ft, 10.9 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~2870 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 750 ft, 9.2 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~2895 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 450 ft, 10.3 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BLZP (C152, GBLZP) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,250 ft, 7.7 km from incident — discrete squawk
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~2938 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~93 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 550 ft, 7.7 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~3020 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 750 ft, 11.1 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~3200 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BLZP (C152, GBLZP) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,000 ft, 9.5 km from incident — discrete squawk
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~367 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BLZP (C152, GBLZP) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,150 ft, 8.4 km from incident — discrete squawk
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,000 ft, 10.7 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~402 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-POLV (P68, UKP155) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,350 ft, 2.5 km from incident — discrete squawk
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~3279 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BVVP (EUPA, GBVVP) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 800 ft, 11.3 km from incident
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,050 ft, 11.9 km from incident
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~48 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~4305 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: EI-EXE (B738, RYR100T) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 650 ft, 9.7 km from incident — discrete squawk
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~14 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: GAXHV orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,050 ft, 7.0 km from incident
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-OIMC (C152, GOIMC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 550 ft, 10.7 km from incident — discrete squawk
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~3993 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~34 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 450 ft, 9.9 km from incident
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~4453 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-AZCN (PUP, GAZCN) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,300 ft, 11.3 km from incident
47 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10 min)
47 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BMJD (C152, GBMJD) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 750 ft, 9.8 km from incident — discrete squawk
46 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-AZCN (PUP, GAZCN) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,000 ft, 10.6 km from incident
46 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~33 min)
46 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~100 min)
45 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 850 ft, 11.5 km from incident
45 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~4719 min)
44 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 500 ft, 8.0 km from incident
28 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~5706 min)
27 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 650 ft, 9.9 km from incident
27 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~5766 min)
26 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 950 ft, 10.7 km from incident
26 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~5783 min)
26 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,250 ft, 10.2 km from incident
26 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~5796 min)
26 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-WPDE (EC35, ELE83) orbiting (rotary) @ 550 ft, 10.1 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
24 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~11 min)
24 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: EI-DWV (B738, RYR100T) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,300 ft, 6.1 km from incident — discrete squawk
6 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
5 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: EI-DWV (B738, RYR100T) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 900 ft, 9.5 km from incident — discrete squawk
5 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~63 min)
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 600 ft, 8.3 km from incident
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-RRGN (SPIT, GRRGN) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 500 ft, 11.8 km from incident
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10 min)
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~7146 min)
3 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 800 ft, 9.7 km from incident
3 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~7169 min)
3 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: EI-DWV (B738, RYR100T) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,250 ft, 6.2 km from incident — discrete squawk
3 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 450 ft, 8.7 km from incident
3 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~173 min)
3 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~7195 min)
3 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: EI-DWV (B738, RYR100T) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,350 ft, 9.3 km from incident — discrete squawk
2 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~202 min)
2 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,NOAA20,NOAA21,SNPP. Back to all UK wildfires.