Wildfire
Started on Aug 6, 2026.
Argentina todayLive
True color
Fire (SWIR)
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
An active wildfire in Argentina has consumed 450 hectares, or 1,112 acres, since it started on August 6, 2026. Operating under an intense heat signature detected by satellites, the fire continues to burn actively across the landscape.
Monitoring systems have registered 18 heat detections in the past 48 hours, illustrating the current spread of the fire front. This incident unfolds during a broader national fire context where 575,768 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking an 86% decrease compared to the two-decade average. Argentina typically experiences its primary fire season between December and March.
In context
This wildfire burned in Argentina for 2 days. In total it burned about 450 ha (1,112 acres) — around 4.5 km².
In the Southern Hemisphere the season runs the other way, peaking roughly from November through March.
The bigger picture in Argentina
Across Argentina, roughly 784,148 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 81% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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