Wildfire near Pedanía Achiras, Argentina (2026)

Wildfire near Pedanía Achiras — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Pedanía Achiras — 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 2, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

An active wildfire spanning 450 hectares (1,112 acres) is currently burning near Pedanía Achiras, Argentina, after igniting on August 1, 2026. Satellites monitoring the incident are picking up an intense heat signature from the front, while 16 heat detections over the past 48 hours cluster nearby to map the current spread of the blaze.

This active fire unfolds against a broader national backdrop where 563,890 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 86 percent below the two-decade average. While the local incident remains active, Argentina's typical fire season spans from December to March.

In context

This wildfire burned in Argentina for 2 days. In total it burned about 450 ha (1,112 acres) — around 4.5 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.