EndedUpdated · Source: NASA FIRMS

Wildfire near Macuspana (Jul 22)

Started · size estimated by satellite

Estimated size
100 hectares
from satellite heat
Lasted
3 days
from Jul 22, 2026

Part of a series of fires in the same area. The main one: Wildfire near Macuspana (Aug 6)

Wildfire near Macuspana (Jul 22) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Macuspana (Jul 22) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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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

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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

About 20 km north of Macuspana.

Summary written on Jul 23, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the active wildfire burning near Macuspana, Mexico, where eight recent heat detections cluster nearby. The fire has consumed 100 hectares, or 247 acres, since it started on July 22, 2026.

In context

This wildfire burned in Mexico for 2 days. In total it burned about 100 ha (247 acres) — around 1.0 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.

The bigger picture in Mexico

Across Mexico, roughly 1,343,100 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 69% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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