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🇲🇽 Mexico: wildfires in September 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 12 significant fire ignitions in Mexico (September 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 3 September at 09:12.

Busiest day: 2 September, with 8 ignitions detected.

12
significant fires
10
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
278
peak power (MW)
"In September 2026, kanari detected 12 significant wildfires in Mexico, 10 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 278 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

012026-09-01: 4022026-09-02: 8

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Carboneras1 Sept, 19:5217278
General Pascual Fentes2 Sept, 20:533247
Chametla2 Sept, 17:293173
Ascención1 Sept, 15:325172
Ascención1 Sept, 15:326172
Nueva Villa de Padilla1 Sept, 23:3225115
Ciudad Insurgentes2 Sept, 17:1912096
Puerto Adolfo López Mateos2 Sept, 17:191385
Hermosillo2 Sept, 21:39862
La Providencia2 Sept, 21:4980

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, Mexico, September 2026: 12 significant ignitions. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-09-03.

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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