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First detected 2 days ago · last seen 3 h ago · 52.856, -1.483
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 2 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 26 MW of heat — one of the larger fires burning in the UK right now. Smoke is drifting east.
Fire size
1.1 km²
about 160 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
26 MW
peak 15 MW
Satellite passes
115
8 hot pixels
Roughly where
Midlands / East Anglia · 52.86, -1.48
Smoke
Smoke is drifting east, on a 2 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
2 days ago
Wildfire detected — significant, 26 MW, 4 px
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,000 ft, 10.2 km from incident
41 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~38 min)
40 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,100 ft, 11.7 km from incident
40 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ODAC (C152, GODAC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 900 ft, 7.3 km from incident
39 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~127 min)
39 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~32 min)
38 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,100 ft, 12.0 km from incident
38 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~209 min)
37 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-ODAC (C152, GODAC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,000 ft, 7.5 km from incident
37 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~100 min)
37 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BJXZ (C172, GBJXZ) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,250 ft, 11.4 km from incident
36 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~48 min)
35 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BJXZ (C172, GBJXZ) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 700 ft, 10.5 km from incident
35 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-OIMC (C152, GOIMC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 700 ft, 10.0 km from incident — discrete squawk
34 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~117 min)
34 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~19 min)
34 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-OIMC (C152, GOIMC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,150 ft, 9.2 km from incident — discrete squawk
34 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~33 min)
34 h ago
Escalated to major — 26 MW, 8 px
27 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BJXZ (C172, GBJXZ) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,050 ft, 11.7 km from incident
19 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 600 ft, 8.7 km from incident
18 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1071 min)
18 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1397 min)
18 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 550 ft, 10.7 km from incident
17 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1483 min)
16 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 550 ft, 11.0 km from incident
15 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1576 min)
15 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-FOZY (RV7) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 750 ft, 9.3 km from incident
12 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~13 min)
12 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-DACF (C152, GDACF) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,000 ft, 11.4 km from incident
11 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~1839 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,NOAA20,NOAA21,SNPP. Back to all UK wildfires.