Wildfire near Pampa de los Guanacos, Argentina (2026)

Wildfire near Pampa de los Guanacos — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Pampa de los Guanacos — 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

About 25 km north of Pampa de los Guanacos.

Summary written on Sep 12, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the active wildfire burning near Pampa de los Guanacos, Argentina, where 14 heat detections over the past 48 hours highlight the ongoing spread of the front. Having started on September 11, 2026, the blaze has consumed 350 hectares, or 865 acres.

This incident unfolds during a broader national fire landscape where 784,148 hectares have burned so far in 2026, a figure that sits 81 percent below the two-decade average. While the typical fire season in the region runs from December to March, this current event demonstrates active burning well outside that traditional window.

In context

This wildfire burned in Argentina for 2 days. In total it burned about 350 ha (865 acres) — around 3.5 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.