Started on Sep 14, 2026.
Argentina today7 days
Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Burning near Ovecharaty, Argentina, a 450-hectare (1,112-acre) wildfire has now ended after a three-day run that saw the blaze expand at an average daily rate of approximately 150 hectares per day. During the incident, satellites detected an intense heat signature reflecting the peak fire radiative power along the front, alongside four separate heat detections clustered nearby over a 48-hour period to map the fire's local spread.
This event unfolds against a broader national backdrop where the typical fire season runs from December to March. Despite active incidents like the one near Ovecharaty, total figures show that 826,559 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking an 80% decrease compared to the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Argentina for 2 days. In total it burned about 450 ha (1,112 acres) — around 4.5 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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