Started on Aug 24, 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 an intense heat signature from the active wildfire burning near Fraccionamiento del Valle in Mexico, which has scorched 300 hectares (741 acres) since it started on August 24, 2026. Orbiting instruments have registered 12 heat detections in the past 48 hours, illustrating the current spread and activity of the blaze in this geographic setting.
While this incident develops outside the region's typical fire season of March to June, it unfolds against a broader national backdrop where 1,300,504 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure 70% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Mexico for 2 days. In total it burned about 300 ha (741 acres) — around 3.0 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in Mexico
Across Mexico, roughly 1,340,244 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 69% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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