Started on Aug 20, 2026.
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Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the active wildfire near Huejeda, Argentina, which has already grown to encompass 700 hectares (1,730 acres) since it started on August 20, 2026. Monitoring systems have registered 28 heat detections in the surrounding area over the last 48 hours, highlighting the ongoing spread of the front.
While this incident continues to burn, the broader picture across the country shows a notably different trend. So far in 2026, 605,319 hectares have burned nationwide, a figure that sits 85% below the two-decade average.
This current activity unfolds well ahead of the region's typical fire season, which generally spans from December to March.
In context
This wildfire burned in Argentina for 2 days. In total it burned about 700 ha (1,730 acres) — around 7.0 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 1,002,334 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 76% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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