Wildfire near Nueva Esperanza, Argentina (2026)

Wildfire near Nueva Esperanza — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Nueva Esperanza — 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 40 km north of Nueva Esperanza.

Summary written on Aug 7, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

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. That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.

In the Southern Hemisphere the season runs the other way, peaking roughly from November through March.