Fire near Departamento Belgrano

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 Belgrano · Santiago del Estero

First detected1 Oct 2026 12:46 UTC

Last detected2 Oct 2026 06:01 UTC

Satellite detections16

Peak intensity178 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 Belgrano (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-30)

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

Before · 2026-09-15 After · 2026-09-30

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 16

Time	Intensity (MW)	Source
2 Oct 2026 06:01 UTC	1	firms
2 Oct 2026 06:01 UTC	1	firms
2 Oct 2026 05:42 UTC	1	firms
2 Oct 2026 05:42 UTC	2	firms
2 Oct 2026 05:42 UTC	2	firms
2 Oct 2026 05:42 UTC	2	firms
2 Oct 2026 05:42 UTC	1	firms
2 Oct 2026 05:42 UTC	1	firms
2 Oct 2026 05:04 UTC	1	firms
2 Oct 2026 05:04 UTC	2	firms
2 Oct 2026 05:04 UTC	2	firms
2 Oct 2026 05:04 UTC	2	firms
2 Oct 2026 00:52 UTC	9	firms
1 Oct 2026 12:46 UTC	140	firms
1 Oct 2026 12:46 UTC	178	firms
1 Oct 2026 12:46 UTC	12	firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 1 Oct 2026