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First detected 3 days ago · last seen 3 days ago · 52.435, 0.508
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 3 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 20 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting north.
Fire size
0.4 km²
about 60 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
20 MW
peak 16 MW
Satellite passes
67
3 hot pixels
Roughly where
Midlands / East Anglia · 52.44, 0.51
Smoke
Smoke is drifting north, on a 3 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 3 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 — significant, 16 MW, 1 px
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: 20-5943 (C30J) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 750 ft, 8.5 km from incident — discrete squawk
39 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
39 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: 20-5943 (C30J) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 700 ft, 9.5 km from incident — discrete squawk
39 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~28 min)
39 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.