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Wildfire near Icaño (Sep 10)

Ended · 300 hectares (741 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
300Hectares741Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Sep 10, 2026.

Argentina today7 days
0Fires · 7d255Hotspots 48h0Hectares · 7d
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Wildfire near Icaño (Sep 10) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Icaño (Sep 10) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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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

An active wildfire burning near Icaño, Argentina, is currently generating an intense heat signature as detected by satellites, reflecting peak fire radiative power from the burning front. Spanning 300 hectares, or approximately 741 acres, the fire has maintained a localized spread with 12 heat detections recorded in the surrounding area over the past 48 hours.

The incident began on September 10, 2026, occurring well outside the region's typical fire season, which usually runs from December to March. This event unfolds against a broader national backdrop in which 784,148 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a total burned area that is 81 percent below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Argentina for 2 days. In total it burned about 300 ha (741 acres) — around 3.0 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 1,008,508 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 75% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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