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First detected 11 days ago · last seen 4 days ago · 51.500, -1.803
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 11 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 48 MW of heat. Smoke is drifting east.
Fire size
0.3 km²
about 40 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
48 MW
peak 48 MW
Satellite passes
240
2 hot pixels
Roughly where
Southern England · 51.50, -1.80
Smoke
Smoke is drifting east, on a 5 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
11 days ago
Wildfire detected — significant, 18 MW, 2 px
11 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-RISA (P28A, GRISA) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,200 ft, 3.7 km from incident
10 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~13 min)
10 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CLEV (C42, GCLEV) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,750 ft, 10.8 km from incident
9 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~11 min)
9 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CHWN (C42, GCHWN) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,600 ft, 6.2 km from incident
7 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~15 min)
7 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CHWN (C42, GCHWN) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,050 ft, 10.6 km from incident
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~3038 min)
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CHWN (C42, GCHWN) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,400 ft, 7.7 km from incident
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~3161 min)
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CLEV (C42, GCLEV) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,350 ft, 8.5 km from incident
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~5944 min)
5 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CHWN (C42, GCHWN) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,900 ft, 8.7 km from incident
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~4404 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-VICC (P28A, GVICC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 3,500 ft, 8.9 km from incident
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CLEV (C42, GCLEV) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,450 ft, 10.2 km from incident
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~7229 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-LAPL (SF25, GLAPL) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,000 ft, 9.4 km from incident — discrete squawk
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CGNI (C42, GCGNI) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 650 ft, 11.9 km from incident
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
4 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CLEV (C42, GCLEV) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,500 ft, 11.5 km from incident
44 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10004 min)
43 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.