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First detected 3 days ago · last seen 3 days ago · 51.837, 0.841
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 3 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 22 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting south-west.
Fire size
0.8 km²
about 120 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
22 MW
peak 5 MW
Satellite passes
59
6 hot pixels
Roughly where
Southern England · 51.84, 0.84
Smoke
Smoke is drifting south-west, on a 4 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
3 days ago
Wildfire detected — minor, 5 MW, 1 px
3 days ago
Escalated to significant — 5 MW, 1 px
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ECAG (HR20, GECAG) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,050 ft, 8.6 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ECAG (HR20, GECAG) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,000 ft, 10.5 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~36 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ECAG (HR20, GECAG) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,800 ft, 6.4 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~122 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BSCY (P28A, GBSCY) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,900 ft, 11.1 km from incident — discrete squawk
42 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~18 min)
42 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-TXAS (C150, GTXAS) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,900 ft, 6.7 km from incident
19 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~12 min)
19 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ECAG (HR20, GECAG) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,000 ft, 4.9 km from incident
17 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~2917 min)
17 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BOTF (P28A, GBOTF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,300 ft, 5.6 km from incident — discrete squawk
13 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
13 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.