Wildfire near Centro (Jul 29), Mexico (2026)

Wildfire near Centro (Jul 29) — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Centro (Jul 29) — 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

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

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.

Burning near Centro, Mexico, an active wildfire spanning 180 hectares (445 acres) has generated an intense heat signature as detected by satellites, reflecting the high radiative power of the advancing front since it started on July 29, 2026.

Monitoring systems have picked up 10 heat detections in the surrounding area over the last 48 hours, illustrating the current spread and localized activity of the fire.

In context

This wildfire burned in Mexico for 2 days. In total it burned about 180 ha (445 acres) — around 1.8 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.