Fire near Departamento Añelo

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 Añelo · Neuquén

First detected4 Oct 2026 05:25 UTC

Last detected5 Oct 2026 06:29 UTC

Satellite detections6

Peak intensity20 MW

Active days2

Satellite before & after

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

After — Departamento Añelo (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-03)

Before — Departamento Añelo (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-16)

Before · 2026-09-16 After · 2026-10-03

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 6

Time	Intensity (MW)	Source
5 Oct 2026 06:29 UTC	2	firms
5 Oct 2026 05:53 UTC	1	firms
5 Oct 2026 05:08 UTC	1	firms
4 Oct 2026 13:08 UTC	20	firms
4 Oct 2026 06:10 UTC	2	firms
4 Oct 2026 05:25 UTC	1	firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 4 Oct 2026