Wildfire near Joaquín V. González (Jul 24 · S)
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Fire (SWIR)
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Burning near the city of Municipio de Joaquín V. González in Argentina, an active wildfire spanning 100 hectares (247 acres) has triggered an intense heat signature from its peak radiative power, as registered by satellites. With four heat detections clustering nearby over the last 48 hours, the blaze continues to maintain its active status since first igniting on July 24.
In context
This wildfire burned in Argentina for 4 days. In total it burned about 100 ha (247 acres) — around 1.0 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 737,532 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 82% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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