Wildfire near Soto la Marina (Sep 11), Mexico (2026)

Wildfire near Soto la Marina (Sep 11) — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Soto la Marina (Sep 11) — 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 45 km south of Soto la Marina.

Summary written on Sep 12, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning near Soto la Marina, Mexico, an active wildfire has scorched 180 hectares (445 acres) since igniting on September 10, 2026. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the front, while seven heat detections cluster nearby over a 48-hour window, tracing the localized spread of the flames. The incident is currently maintaining an average daily growth of approximately 90 hectares per day across its two days of burning.

This fire arrives outside the country's typical fire season, which usually runs from March to June. Despite this active incident, the broader national landscape shows a different trend: 1,317,659 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a 69 percent decrease below the two-decade average.

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.