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Wildfire near Villa General Guemes (Sep 28 · NW)

Ended · 430 hectares (1,063 acres) · Started · Updated

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430Hectares1,063Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Sep 28, 2026.

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Wildfire near Villa General Guemes (Sep 28 · NW) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Villa General Guemes (Sep 28 · NW) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

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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

Satellites are currently registering a moderate heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Villa General Guemes, Argentina. The active front, which has produced 38 heat detections over the past 48 hours, has consumed 430 hectares (1,063 acres) since it began on September 28, 2026.

This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which generally runs from December to March. The broader wildfire activity remains low, with 990,020 hectares burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a 76% decrease compared to the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Argentina for 2 days. In total it burned about 430 ha (1,063 acres) — around 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 1,003,270 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 76% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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