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First detected 5 days ago · last seen 3 days ago · 51.134, -1.796
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 5 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 6 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting north-west.
Fire size
0.1 km²
about 20 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
6 MW
peak 6 MW
Satellite passes
133
1 hot pixels
Roughly where
Southern England · 51.13, -1.80
Smoke
Smoke is drifting north-west, on a 7 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 6 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
5 days ago
Wildfire detected — minor, 6 MW, 1 px
5 days ago
Escalated to significant — 6 MW, 1 px
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: N240GS (C208) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 6,500 ft, 4.5 km from incident — discrete squawk
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BYWS (G115, UAU955) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 550 ft, 2.4 km from incident — discrete squawk
44 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
44 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BYWW (G115, UAU43) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,000 ft, 5.0 km from incident — discrete squawk
43 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~11 min)
43 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ETPF (AS50, BDN27) orbiting (rotary) @ 700 ft, 5.5 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
43 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10 min)
42 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ETPF (AS50, BDN27) orbiting (rotary) @ 800 ft, 5.8 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
42 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~25 min)
42 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BYWS (G115, UAU40) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,200 ft, 9.8 km from incident — discrete squawk
42 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~144 min)
42 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ETPF (AS50, BDN029) orbiting (rotary) @ 400 ft, 5.5 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
41 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~153 min)
40 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: ZM737 (H64, BAL90) orbiting (rotary) @ 900 ft, 11.9 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
39 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ETPF (AS50, ETP87) orbiting (rotary) @ 450 ft, 5.6 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
39 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
39 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: ZM737 (H64, BAL90) orbiting (rotary) @ 800 ft, 9.3 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
39 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~235 min)
39 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~19 min)
39 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CPSS (C208, GCPSS) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,800 ft, 10.5 km from incident
22 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~23 min)
21 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BAKM (DR40, GBAKM) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,050 ft, 7.3 km from incident — discrete squawk
20 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~11 min)
20 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ETPH (AS50, ETP87) orbiting (rotary) @ 500 ft, 5.4 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
19 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10 min)
19 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ETPF (AS50, BDN034) orbiting (rotary) @ 500 ft, 6.1 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
19 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BYWM (G115, AAC823) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 6,300 ft, 11.8 km from incident — discrete squawk
19 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
19 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1457 min)
18 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ETPF (AS50, BDN034) orbiting (rotary) @ 550 ft, 5.1 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
18 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1468 min)
18 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ETPF (AS50, BDN034) orbiting (rotary) @ 500 ft, 4.7 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
18 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1482 min)
18 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ETPH (AS50, ETP09) orbiting (rotary) @ 550 ft, 6.3 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
18 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~120 min)
17 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: ZM417 (A400, DRDNT30) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,550 ft, 8.8 km from incident — discrete squawk
15 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BYWS (G115, UAU43) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 4,550 ft, 10.3 km from incident — discrete squawk
15 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1749 min)
15 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~27 min)
15 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 NOAA21. Back to all UK wildfires.