Started on Sep 27, 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
An active wildfire is currently burning near Villa General Guemes, Argentina, having scorched 380 hectares (939 acres) since it started on September 27, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the fire front, accompanied by 35 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours, illustrating the current scale of the spread.
This incident unfolds during a broader national fire landscape in 2026. So far this year, 954,103 hectares have burned across the country, a figure that sits 77 percent below the two-decade average. This activity occurs outside the region's typical fire season, which generally runs from December to March.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Argentina for 2 days. So far it has affected roughly 380 ha (939 acres) — about 3.8 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 954,103 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 77% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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