{"id":382309,"date":"2025-08-29T11:28:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T11:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/382309\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T11:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T11:28:11","slug":"bbc-verify-live-tracking-idf-activity-as-gaza-city-declared-combat-zone-plus-uk-wildfire-seen-from-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/382309\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Verify Live: Tracking IDF activity as Gaza City declared combat zone, plus UK wildfire seen from space"},"content":{"rendered":"

Satellite images show moor fire burning for more than two weekspublished at 12:02 British Summer Time<\/p>\n

12:02 BST<\/p>\n

\"\"Emma Pengelly<\/strong>
BBC Verify journalist<\/p>\n

This morning I\u2019ve been using satellite imagery and heat-source data to see if we can map the spread of a fire in the North York Moors over the past 18 days.<\/p>\n

The Langdale Moor fire broke out on 11 August<\/a> and firefighters have been on the scene ever since. <\/p>\n

The earliest view of the blaze from space – published by satellite image provider Planet – was captured on its third day and shows smoke drifting north-west over the moorland. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Nasa’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (Firms), which detects hotspots on the earth\u2019s surface, first picked up a heat source in the area on 12 August, represented by the red blocks on the map below.<\/p>\n

\"Satellite<\/p>\n

On 13 August the fire was declared a major incident by North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (NYFRS). <\/p>\n

Nasa\u2019s Firms continued to detect hotspots for the rest of the week before they began to reduce in number from 16 August. <\/p>\n

That afternoon NYFRS still had six fire engines and specialist appliances at the scene.<\/p>\n

But on Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 August there was a significant increase. Overnight into Tuesday the blaze had spread, NYFRS confirmed. <\/p>\n

A satellite image captured on Tuesday shows plumes of smoke billowing to the north-east.<\/p>\n

Speaking in the last few minutes, the NYFRS chief said there has been no further spread of the fire in the past 48 hours.<\/p>\n

You can follow the latest on this BBC News live page<\/a><\/p>\n

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