Started on Sep 28, 2026.
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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 a moderate heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Ibarreta, Argentina, which has scorched 330 hectares (815 acres) since it started on September 28, 2026. Orbiting instruments have detected 26 heat signatures clustered nearby over the last 48 hours, mapping the extent of the spread.
This incident unfolds during a broader national landscape where 990,020 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 76% below the country's two-decade average. While the local activity near Ibarreta remains active, the region'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.
In the Southern Hemisphere the season runs the other way, peaking roughly from November through March.
The bigger picture in Argentina
Across Argentina, roughly 1,003,270 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 76% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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