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 detected16 Oct 2026 18:09 UTC

Last detected16 Oct 2026 18:09 UTC

Satellite detections6

Peak intensity26 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, 2026-10-15)

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

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

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 6

Time	Intensity (MW)	Source
16 Oct 2026 18:09 UTC	7	firms
16 Oct 2026 18:09 UTC	15	firms
16 Oct 2026 18:09 UTC	6	firms
16 Oct 2026 18:09 UTC	8	firms
16 Oct 2026 18:09 UTC	8	firms
16 Oct 2026 18:09 UTC	26	firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 16 Oct 2026