EndedUpdated · Source: NASA FIRMS

Wildfire near Carmen

Started · size estimated by satellite

Estimated size
150 hectares
from satellite heat
Lasted
3 days
from Jul 29, 2026
Wildfire near Carmen — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Carmen — 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

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

The story so far

Summary written on Jul 30, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the active wildfire burning near Carmen, Mexico, where six heat detections have been registered over the past 48 hours.

Spanning 150 hectares (371 acres), the fire has been active since July 29, 2026.

In context

This wildfire burned in Mexico for 2 days. In total it burned about 150 ha (371 acres) — around 1.5 km². That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.

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 1,345,037 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 69% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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