Started on Sep 2, 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
Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the active wildfire near Buena Vista 1ra. Sección, Mexico, where 25 heat detections over the past 48 hours point to a spreading front across the local landscape. Burning through 180 hectares, or 445 acres, since it started on September 2, 2026, the fire persists outside its typical regional window. While the local fire season in Mexico generally runs from March to June, this incident highlights ongoing hazard risks.
This fire unfolds against a broader national backdrop where 1,312,686 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 70% below the country's two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Mexico for 2 days. In total it burned about 180 ha (445 acres) — around 1.8 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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