Started on Aug 10, 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 Playa del Carmen, Mexico, an active wildfire spanning 280 hectares (692 acres) since its start on August 10, 2026, is currently generating an intense heat signature as detected by satellites, with 11 thermal anomalies clustered nearby over the past 48 hours to mark the extent of the spread.
This incident unfolds during a regional fire season that typically runs from March to June, contributing to a broader national total of 1,279,210 hectares burned across Mexico so far in 2026, a figure that remains 70 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Mexico for 2 days. In total it burned about 280 ha (692 acres) — around 2.8 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 1,333,497 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 69% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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