Wildfire near Bilsthorpe
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Fire (SWIR)
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Burning near Bilsthorpe in the United Kingdom, an active wildfire has consumed 130 hectares, equivalent to 321 acres, since it started on August 13, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up a low heat intensity from the peak fire radiative power, even as the blaze continues to affect the area during the local fire season, which typically spans from April to September.
Monitoring systems have registered six heat detections in the immediate vicinity over the past 48 hours, indicating the current spread of thermal anomalies surrounding the active front near Bilsthorpe.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in United Kingdom for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 130 ha (321 acres) — about 1.3 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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