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First detected 33 h ago · last seen 3 h ago · 51.533, 0.207
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 33 hours. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 28 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting west.
Fire size
0.1 km²
about 20 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
28 MW
peak 28 MW
Satellite passes
131
1 hot pixels
Roughly where
Southern England · 51.53, 0.21
Smoke
Smoke is drifting 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
33 h ago
Wildfire detected — significant, 28 MW, 1 px
33 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-SWAY (PA18, GSWAY) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,650 ft, 10.2 km from incident
18 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~18 min)
17 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CMWC (PIAT, GCMWC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 900 ft, 4.6 km from incident
17 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~43 min)
17 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-YROG (MM24, GYROG) orbiting (rotary) @ 1,100 ft, 4.7 km from incident — possible air-attack
14 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~19 min)
14 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-YROG (MM24, GYROG) orbiting (rotary) @ 700 ft, 3.4 km from incident — possible air-attack
14 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~34 min)
13 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: GOJKM orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,100 ft, 4.9 km from incident
12 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
12 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CMWC (PIAT, GCMWC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 500 ft, 2.9 km from incident
11 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-PTTA (C152, GPTTA) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,800 ft, 7.9 km from incident — discrete squawk
11 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
10 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~422 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. Back to all UK wildfires.