Started on Sep 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
Active fires nearby2 · 100 km
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature at the active wildfire near Paso Naitek, Argentina, where 47 heat detections have been registered over the past 48 hours. The blaze has burned 530 hectares, equivalent to 1,310 acres, since it started on September 26, 2026.
This incident unfolds during a broader national landscape where 926,794 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure 77% below the country's two-decade average. While the local typical fire season runs from December to March, this active event continues to burn in the Paso Naitek area.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Argentina for 2 days. So far it has affected roughly 530 ha (1,310 acres) — about 5.3 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 926,794 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 77% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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