Wildfire near Juárez
Started on Aug 3, 2026.
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🟤 red/brown = burned
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Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
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.
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 1,315,613 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 70% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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