Wildfire near Sinaloa, Mexico (2026)

Wildfire near Sinaloa — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Sinaloa — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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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

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

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

The story so far

About 10 km south of Sinaloa.

Summary written on Sep 10, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

An active wildfire burning over 100 hectares (247 acres) in Sinaloa, Mexico, has maintained a steady footprint since it started on September 9, 2026. Orbiting equipment is currently picking up an intense heat signature from the main front, while NASA FIRMS has registered four heat detections in the immediate area over the past 48 hours, illustrating the current spread of the active blaze.

Although this incident is active in Sinaloa, it unfolds against a broader national landscape where 1,314,781 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 70% below the country's two-decade average. This year-to-date activity arrives outside the region's typical fire season, which generally runs from March to June.

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.