Wildfire near Linares
Started on Jul 28, 2026.
Mexico today7 days
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Fire (SWIR)
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Satellites are picking up a low heat signature from the active wildfire burning near Linares, Mexico, where seven heat detections have registered over the past 48 hours. The blaze, which started on July 28, 2026, has grown to cover 100 hectares, equivalent to 247 acres.
In context
This wildfire burned in Mexico for 2 days. In total it burned about 100 ha (247 acres) — around 1.0 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 1,317,659 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 69% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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