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First detected 4 days ago · last seen 3 days ago · 54.767, -1.690
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 4 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 22 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting north.
Fire size
0.6 km²
about 80 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
22 MW
peak 11 MW
Satellite passes
102
4 hot pixels
Roughly where
Northern England · 54.77, -1.69
Smoke
Smoke is drifting north, on a 10 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 14 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
4 days ago
Wildfire detected — significant, 21 MW, 2 px
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-PSRT (P28A) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,700 ft, 10.2 km from incident — discrete squawk
34 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10 min)
34 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.