Started on Aug 4, 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 burning near Centla, Mexico, where seven heat detections over the past 48 hours trace the footprint of the blaze across 150 hectares (371 acres).
The fire, which started on August 4, 2026, unfolds against a broader national landscape where 1,275,916 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure 70% below the two-decade average.
This current activity occurs outside the region's typical fire season, which traditionally runs from March to June.
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 1,341,187 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 69% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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