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🇲🇽 Mexico: wildfires in August 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 56 significant fire ignitions in Mexico (August 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 22 August at 11:59.

56
significant fires
11
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
1186
peak power (MW)
"In August 2026, kanari detected 56 significant wildfires in Mexico, 11 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 1186 MW."
Source: kanari.io, NASA FIRMS, GOES and Meteosat MTG satellites plus AI-verified witness reports. Freely citable (CC BY 4.0).

Fire ignitions per day

032026-08-03: 3042026-08-04: 10052026-08-05: 2062026-08-06: 3072026-08-07: 2082026-08-08: 2092026-08-09: 1102026-08-10: 6122026-08-12: 1132026-08-13: 1142026-08-14: 2152026-08-15: 3172026-08-17: 5182026-08-18: 1192026-08-19: 1202026-08-20: 3212026-08-21: 9222026-08-22: 1

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Santa Isabel9 Aug, 23:0241186
Hacienda Tecate17 Aug, 21:1261510
Santa Isabel14 Aug, 23:024374
Méndez21 Aug, 18:2245366
Soto la Marina15 Aug, 20:4211244
Maitinez17 Aug, 20:537219
Alfredo V. Bonfil20 Aug, 22:4230216
Pueblo Nuevo de las Raíces15 Aug, 19:037214
Manuel Benavides21 Aug, 18:527192
Xul-Ha4 Aug, 22:538186

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, Mexico, August 2026: 56 significant ignitions. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-08-22.

Methodology: only significant fires are archived (corroborated by witnesses, or above detection and power thresholds); totals are not comparable to exhaustive official tallies. Full methodology and licence.

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