Started on Sep 25, 2026.
Argentina today7 days
Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
An active wildfire covering 430 hectares (1,063 acres) is currently burning near the city of La Maruja in Argentina. Having started on September 25, 2026, the ongoing blaze is generating a moderate heat signature, according to satellite monitoring.
Orbiting sensors have registered 18 heat detections in the past 48 hours, illustrating the recent activity clustered near the fire front.
This incident unfolds during a wider national fire landscape in which 885,149 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 78% below the two-decade average. While the typical fire season in the region runs from December to March, this active September event demonstrates ongoing local fire activity ahead of those peak months.
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 1,010,321 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 75% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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