Started on Sep 3, 2026.
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Spanning two days of active burning near Buena Vista 1ra. Sección, Mexico, a 130-hectare (321-acre) wildfire has maintained an estimated average daily growth of 65 hectares per day since starting on September 3, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the peak fire radiative power, while NASA FIRMS has registered 10 heat detections in the past 48 hours, illustrating how far the active front has spread across the area.
This incident arrives well outside the region's typical fire season, which usually runs from March to June. Despite this out-of-season activity, the broader national landscape reflects a quieter year for fire management; across the country, 1,313,525 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a significant 70 percent decrease compared to the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Mexico for 2 days. In total it burned about 130 ha (321 acres) — around 1.3 km².
Close to the tropics, fires tend to follow the dry season and are often linked to land-clearing rather than a single summer peak.
The bigger picture in Mexico
Across Mexico, roughly 1,342,925 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 69% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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