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First detected 3 days ago · last seen 3 days ago · 51.467, -1.606
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 3 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 24 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting north.
Fire size
0.1 km²
about 20 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
24 MW
peak 24 MW
Satellite passes
67
1 hot pixels
Roughly where
Southern England · 51.47, -1.61
Smoke
Smoke is drifting north, on a 11 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 21 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, 24 MW, 1 px
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: GLKZZ orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,500 ft, 10.7 km from incident — discrete squawk
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DIIO (GLID, GDIIO) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,100 ft, 7.3 km from incident
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~11 min)
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-JJAN (P28A, GJJAN) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,500 ft, 11.2 km from incident — discrete squawk
41 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
40 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ARVU (P28A) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,000 ft, 11.3 km from incident
40 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
40 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ARVU (P28A, GARVU) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 600 ft, 11.5 km from incident
39 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~97 min)
38 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CLLE (GLID, GCLLE) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,000 ft, 3.5 km from incident
37 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
37 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CLTE (MM24, GCLTE) orbiting (rotary) @ 1,400 ft, 8.1 km from incident — possible air-attack
36 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
36 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-SADK (DA40, GSADK) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,450 ft, 11.0 km from incident — discrete squawk
36 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10 min)
36 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CMCB (EFOX, GCMCB) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,200 ft, 3.6 km from incident
34 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
34 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BODO (C152, GBODO) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,900 ft, 12.0 km from incident — discrete squawk
18 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
17 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-HTSI (SLG4, GHTSI) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,200 ft, 11.0 km from incident — discrete squawk
15 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
15 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CKLD (DISC, GCKLD797) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,250 ft, 9.6 km from incident
14 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~15 min)
14 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CKLD (DISC, GCKLD797) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,950 ft, 11.6 km from incident
14 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~36 min)
13 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CKLD (DISC, GCKLD797) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,750 ft, 11.5 km from incident
13 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~68 min)
13 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: GDMDG orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,950 ft, 4.6 km from incident
12 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
12 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-RAFA (G115, GRAFA) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 500 ft, 9.5 km from incident
11 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
11 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-RAFA (G115, GRAFA) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,000 ft, 10.5 km from incident
11 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~22 min)
11 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-AROA (C172, GAROA) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,300 ft, 9.8 km from incident
9 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
8 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 NOAA21. Back to all UK wildfires.