Wildfire near San Martín Dos, Argentina (2026)

Wildfire near San Martín Dos — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near San Martín Dos — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

True view Fire view

⟷

True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

Summary written on Aug 4, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Municipio de San Martín Dos, Argentina, where 16 heat detections over the last 48 hours trace the current spread of the fire front. The blaze, which started on August 3, 2026, has grown to encompass 400 hectares, or 988 acres.

This incident unfolds during an unusually quiet regional period, as the local fire season typically runs from December to March. Furthermore, the broader national landscape reflects this subdued activity: Argentina has recorded 566,398 hectares burned so far in 2026, tracking 86% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Argentina for 2 days. In total it burned about 400 ha (988 acres) — around 4.0 km². That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.

In the Southern Hemisphere the season runs the other way, peaking roughly from November through March.