Fire near Departamento Choya

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 Choya · Santiago del Estero

First detected23 Sep 2026 17:37 UTC

Last detected24 Sep 2026 17:37 UTC

Satellite detections25

Peak intensity36 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 Choya (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-23)

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

Before · 2026-09-15 After · 2026-09-23

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 25

Time	Intensity (MW)	Source
24 Sep 2026 17:37 UTC	22	firms
24 Sep 2026 17:37 UTC	22	firms
23 Sep 2026 20:27 UTC	36	firms
23 Sep 2026 20:27 UTC	21	firms
23 Sep 2026 19:17 UTC	8	firms
23 Sep 2026 19:17 UTC	13	firms
23 Sep 2026 19:17 UTC	8	firms
23 Sep 2026 18:41 UTC	12	firms
23 Sep 2026 18:41 UTC	16	firms
23 Sep 2026 18:41 UTC	16	firms
23 Sep 2026 18:41 UTC	16	firms
23 Sep 2026 18:41 UTC	16	firms
23 Sep 2026 18:41 UTC	10	firms
23 Sep 2026 17:56 UTC	25	firms
23 Sep 2026 17:56 UTC	25	firms
23 Sep 2026 17:56 UTC	25	firms
23 Sep 2026 17:56 UTC	25	firms
23 Sep 2026 17:56 UTC	18	firms
23 Sep 2026 17:37 UTC	7	firms
23 Sep 2026 17:37 UTC	17	firms
23 Sep 2026 17:37 UTC	21	firms
23 Sep 2026 17:37 UTC	21	firms
23 Sep 2026 17:37 UTC	21	firms
23 Sep 2026 17:37 UTC	21	firms
23 Sep 2026 17:37 UTC	7	firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 23 Sep 2026