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Fire near Buenos Aires

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 Buenos Aires · Buenos Aires
First detected20 Oct 2026 17:28 UTC
Last detected20 Oct 2026 17:47 UTC
Satellite detections5
Peak intensity23 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 —  (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-19) Before —  (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-16) Before · 2026-09-16 After · 2026-10-19

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 5

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
20 Oct 2026 17:47 UTC23firms
20 Oct 2026 17:28 UTC8firms
20 Oct 2026 17:28 UTC7firms
20 Oct 2026 17:28 UTC7firms
20 Oct 2026 17:28 UTC8firms

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