Fire near Departamento Pellegrini

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 Pellegrini · Santiago del Estero

First detected24 Sep 2026 18:21 UTC

Last detected25 Sep 2026 17:17 UTC

Satellite detections7

Peak intensity112 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 Pellegrini (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-23)

Before — Departamento Pellegrini (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-08)

Before · 2026-09-08 After · 2026-09-23

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 7

Time	Intensity (MW)	Source
25 Sep 2026 17:17 UTC	6	firms
25 Sep 2026 05:36 UTC	1	firms
24 Sep 2026 18:58 UTC	31	firms
24 Sep 2026 18:58 UTC	13	firms
24 Sep 2026 18:58 UTC	13	firms
24 Sep 2026 18:21 UTC	112	firms
24 Sep 2026 18:21 UTC	16	firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 24 Sep 2026