Wildfire near Seclantás, Argentina (2026)

Wildfire near Seclantás — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Seclantás — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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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 6, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

An intense heat signature is being picked up by satellites over a 300-hectare (741-acre) active wildfire burning near Municipio de Seclantás in Argentina, which has already triggered 12 heat detections in the past 48 hours to mark the spread of the fire. The blaze began on August 6, 2026.

This incident unfolds during a regional fire season that typically runs from December to March. Nationally, the broader context shows that 568,068 hectares have 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 300 ha (741 acres) — around 3.0 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.