Wildfire near Campo Gallo (Sep 9), Argentina (2026)

Wildfire near Campo Gallo (Sep 9) — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Campo Gallo (Sep 9) — 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 20 km northwest of Campo Gallo.

Summary written on Sep 10, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

An active wildfire burning near Campo Gallo, Argentina, has consumed 330 hectares, or 815 acres, since it started on September 9, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the fire front, accompanied by 19 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours to indicate how far the blaze has spread.

This incident unfolds during a broader national landscape where 771,788 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 81 percent below the country's two-decade average. While the local fire is active now, Argentina's typical fire season spans from December to March.

In context

This wildfire burned in Argentina for 2 days. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 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.