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Wildfire near Añatuya

Active · 330 ha (815 acres) · started 2026-08-26 · updated 2026-08-26

Wildfire near Añatuya — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Añatuya — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True color Fire (SWIR)
True color (left): as the eye sees it.
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).

Summary in preparation.

In context

This wildfire has been burning in Argentina for less than a day. So far it has affected roughly 330 ha (815 acres) — about 3.3 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 628,201 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 85% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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