Fire near Departamento Moreno

Status: ✓ Confirmed

This fire is confirmed by repeated, intense satellite detections (or by official information).

⚠️ The fires shown are automatic satellite heat detections from NASA FIRMS. They are not verified on the ground and are not 100% accurate — they can include false alarms (industrial heat, agricultural burning) or miss small or cloud-covered fires. Do not use this map for safety decisions; always follow official sources.

Where Departamento Moreno · Santiago del Estero

First detected20 Oct 2026 17:30 UTC

Last detected20 Oct 2026 19:10 UTC

Satellite detections8

Peak intensity27 MW

Active days1

Satellite before & after

High-resolution Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery of the area, before the fire and after. Drag the slider to compare.

After — Departamento Moreno (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-20)

Before — Departamento Moreno (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-15)

Before · 2026-09-15 After · 2026-10-20

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 8

Time	Intensity (MW)	Source
20 Oct 2026 19:10 UTC	10	firms
20 Oct 2026 19:10 UTC	14	firms
20 Oct 2026 19:10 UTC	10	firms
20 Oct 2026 19:10 UTC	14	firms
20 Oct 2026 18:34 UTC	27	firms
20 Oct 2026 17:30 UTC	4	firms
20 Oct 2026 17:30 UTC	10	firms
20 Oct 2026 17:30 UTC	6	firms

Official & data sources

SNMF — National Fire Management ↗ NASA FIRMS active-fire data ↗ Argentina National Fire Management Service (SNMF) ↗

All fires on 20 Oct 2026