Wildfire near San Fernando (Jul 27)
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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).
Burning across a three-day span with an average daily expansion of approximately 33 hectares per day, the wildfire near San Fernando, Mexico, scorched a total of 100 hectares, or about 247 acres, before finally coming to an end.
During its progression from its start on July 27, 2026, satellites tracked a moderate heat intensity emanating from the burning front, marking the operational peak of the incident.
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 1,313,463 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 70% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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