Wildfire near Bilsthorpe, United Kingdom (2026)

Wildfire near Bilsthorpe — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Bilsthorpe — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

True view Fire view

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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

Summary written on Aug 14, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

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 burned in United Kingdom for 2 days. In total it burned about 130 ha (321 acres) — around 1.3 km². That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.

In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.