Started on Sep 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
Burning near Chablé in Mexico, a 100-hectare (247-acre) wildfire remains active after starting on September 4, 2026. Satellites are picking up a low heat signature from the fire front, alongside five nearby heat detections over the past 48 hours indicating the extent of the recent spread.
This incident unfolds during a wider national context in which 1,313,525 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure 70% below the country's two-decade average. While the typical fire season in the region runs from March to June, this active blaze continues to be monitored.
In context
This wildfire burned in Mexico for 1 day. In total it burned about 100 ha (247 acres) — around 1.0 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 1,342,904 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 69% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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