Wildfire near Pedanía Achiras
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🟤 red/brown = burned
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Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
An active wildfire covering 430 hectares, or 1,063 acres, is currently burning near Pedanía Achiras, Argentina, after starting on August 1, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the front, alongside 17 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours to mark the spread of the blaze.
This incident unfolds during a broader national fire landscape where 557,272 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking an 86 percent decrease below the two-decade average. While the country's typical fire season spans from December to March, this active event near Pedanía Achiras continues to burn.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Argentina for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 430 ha (1,063 acres) — about 4.3 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 557,272 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 86% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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