Started on Sep 27, 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
An active wildfire burning near Juan José Castelli, Argentina, has consumed 430 hectares (1,063 acres) since it started on September 27, 2026. Orbiting satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the burning front, accompanied by 25 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours that indicate how far the fire has spread across the landscape.
This incident unfolds during a regional fire season that typically runs from December to March. The current blaze adds to a broader national total of 954,103 hectares burned across the country so far in 2026, a figure that remains 77% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Argentina for 2 days. In total it burned about 430 ha (1,063 acres) — around 4.3 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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