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First detected 2 days ago · last seen 27 h ago · 52.408, -1.900
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 2 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 21 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting east.
Fire size
0.3 km²
about 40 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
21 MW
peak 21 MW
Satellite passes
57
2 hot pixels
Roughly where
Midlands / East Anglia · 52.41, -1.90
Smoke
Smoke is drifting east, on a 32 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 155 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, 21 MW, 2 px
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-OLCP (AS55, KNM03) orbiting (rotary) @ 1,300 ft, 7.9 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
35 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-GBTV (AS55, KNM10) orbiting (rotary) @ 1,650 ft, 7.4 km from incident — discrete squawk, possible air-attack
35 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~79 min)
34 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~43 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 Aqua,NOAA21. Back to all UK wildfires.