Wildfire near Juárez, Mexico (2026)

Wildfire near Juárez — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Juárez — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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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

About 15 km northeast of Juárez.

Summary written on Aug 4, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Juárez, Mexico, where eleven heat detections over the past forty-eight hours trace the ongoing spread of the front. The fire has consumed 230 hectares, which translates to 568 acres, since it started on August 3, 2026.

This incident develops against the backdrop of a broader national season that typically runs from March to June. Despite this activity, national figures show 1,270,869 hectares burned so far in 2026, tracking 71% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Mexico for 2 days. In total it burned about 230 ha (568 acres) — around 2.3 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.