Wildfire near Teapa, Mexico (2026)

Wildfire near Teapa — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Teapa — 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 20 km north of Teapa.

Summary written on Aug 14, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

An active wildfire burning near Teapa, Mexico, has scorched 130 hectares (321 acres) since it began on August 14, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the active front, alongside 13 separate heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours to indicate the current spread of the fire.

This incident unfolds during a wider national context in which 1,282,357 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 70% below the two-decade average. While the local blaze near Teapa is active, the broader region's typical fire season historically runs from March to June.

In context

This wildfire burned in Mexico for 2 days. In total it burned about 130 ha (321 acres) — around 1.3 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.