Started on Aug 26, 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 is currently burning near Nueva Esperanza, Argentina, having scorched 380 hectares, or 939 acres, since it started on August 26, 2026. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the fire front, accompanied by 20 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours to mark its recent spread.
This incident unfolds during a broader national fire landscape where 644,648 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking an 84 percent decrease below the country's two-decade average. While the broader Argentine fire season typically runs from December to March, this event demonstrates active burning outside that traditional timeframe.
In context
This wildfire burned in Argentina for 2 days. In total it burned about 380 ha (939 acres) — around 3.8 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 791,628 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 81% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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