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First detected 2 days ago · last seen 27 h ago · 53.811, -1.641
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 2 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 29 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting east.
Fire size
0.3 km²
about 40 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
29 MW
peak 18 MW
Satellite passes
57
2 hot pixels
Roughly where
Northern England · 53.81, -1.64
Smoke
Smoke is drifting east, on a 30 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 129 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
2 days ago
Wildfire detected — significant, 29 MW, 2 px
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-SPVK (AS50) orbiting (rotary) @ 500 ft, 10.3 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
36 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
36 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-VNEA (SIRA, GVNEA) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 500 ft, 5.9 km from incident — discrete squawk
18 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
18 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-VNEA (SIRA, GVNEA) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,500 ft, 9.4 km from incident — discrete squawk
11 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~424 min)
11 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 SNPP. Back to all UK wildfires.