Started on Jul 29, 2026.
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🟢 green = vegetation
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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
Active fires nearby2 · 100 km
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.
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 1,323,805 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 69% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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