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First detected 2 days ago · last seen 27 h ago · 52.435, -2.161
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 2 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 95 MW of heat — one of the larger fires burning in the UK right now. Smoke is drifting east.
Fire size
1.3 km²
about 180 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
95 MW
peak 34 MW
Satellite passes
114
9 hot pixels
Roughly where
Midlands / East Anglia · 52.44, -2.16
Smoke
Smoke is drifting east, on a 39 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 147 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 — major, 95 MW, 8 px
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-UKTV (AS55, LHC11) orbiting (rotary) @ 1,600 ft, 0.6 km from incident — possible air-attack
42 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~32 min)
41 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BYXC (G115, UAY15) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 800 ft, 9.2 km from incident
37 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
37 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ATRX (PA32, GATRX) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,050 ft, 10.2 km from incident
37 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
36 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ZACK (SR20, GZACK) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 700 ft, 8.4 km from incident
35 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~14 min)
35 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BNUL (C152, GBNUL) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,300 ft, 8.4 km from incident
35 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
35 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CMTG (P28A, GCMTG) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 700 ft, 9.0 km from incident
34 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
34 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BEUX (C172, GBEUX) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 800 ft, 8.0 km from incident
18 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
18 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BXTW (P28A, GBXTW) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,150 ft, 5.3 km from incident
18 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
18 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-UKTV (AS55, LHC07) orbiting (rotary) @ 1,800 ft, 0.7 km from incident — possible air-attack
15 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1604 min)
15 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-OOMA (P28A, GOOMA) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,400 ft, 10.9 km from incident
13 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CMTG (P28A, GCMTG) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,200 ft, 11.5 km from incident
13 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~11 min)
13 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1270 min)
13 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BOAI (C152, GBOAI) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 800 ft, 10.1 km from incident
10 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~17 min)
10 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 Aqua,NOAA20,NOAA21. Back to all UK wildfires.