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First detected 2 days ago · last seen 27 h ago · 52.168, -1.890
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 2 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 34 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting east.
Fire size
0.4 km²
about 60 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
34 MW
peak 14 MW
Satellite passes
57
3 hot pixels
Roughly where
Midlands / East Anglia · 52.17, -1.89
Smoke
Smoke is drifting east, on a 41 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 192 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, 34 MW, 3 px
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BITH (C152, GBITH) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,300 ft, 3.3 km from incident — discrete squawk
41 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BWNC (C152, GBWNC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,700 ft, 10.0 km from incident
41 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
40 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
40 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CSGT (P28A, GCSGT) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,300 ft, 6.6 km from incident
40 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BNKC (C152, GBNKC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,800 ft, 7.1 km from incident — discrete squawk
40 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
40 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
40 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-TILE (R22, GTILE) orbiting (rotary) @ 1,200 ft, 9.8 km from incident — possible air-attack
15 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
15 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: GLIDERZG orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,950 ft, 8.3 km from incident
11 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~12 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 NOAA20. Back to all UK wildfires.