Started on Aug 14, 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 the city of Jalapa, Mexico, an active wildfire has scorched 100 hectares, equivalent to 247 acres, since it started on August 14, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up a low heat signature from the fire front, accompanied by eight heat detections nearby over the past 48 hours that trace its local spread.
This incident unfolds during a regional fire season that typically runs from March to June. The wider national context shows that 1,282,357 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, tracking 70% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Mexico for 2 days. 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 1,323,300 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 69% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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