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Wildfire near Villa General Guemes

Active · 330 hectares (815 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbersDay 2
330Hectares815Acres2Days burning

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

Burning near the city of Villa General Guemes in Argentina, an active wildfire has consumed 330 hectares, which is equivalent to 815 acres, since it started on September 27, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the active front, while 37 separate heat detections over the last 48 hours highlight the ongoing spread of the fire across the area.

This incident unfolds during a broader national landscape where 926,794 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 77% below the country's two-decade average. Such 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 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 330 ha (815 acres) — about 3.3 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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