🇲🇽 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.
"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."
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Isabel | 9 Aug, 23:02 | 4 | 1186 |
| Hacienda Tecate | 17 Aug, 21:12 | 61 | 510 |
| Santa Isabel | 14 Aug, 23:02 | 4 | 374 |
| Méndez | 21 Aug, 18:22 | 45 | 366 |
| Soto la Marina | 15 Aug, 20:42 | 11 | 244 |
| Maitinez | 17 Aug, 20:53 | 7 | 219 |
| Alfredo V. Bonfil | 20 Aug, 22:42 | 30 | 216 |
| Pueblo Nuevo de las Raíces | 15 Aug, 19:03 | 7 | 214 |
| Manuel Benavides | 21 Aug, 18:52 | 7 | 192 |
| Xul-Ha | 4 Aug, 22:53 | 8 | 186 |
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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