🇦🇷 Argentina: wildfires in August 2026
Unit: archived detection events, grouped by first-detection day and a roughly 11 km cell. One physical fire can span multiple records; hotspots can also be agricultural, industrial or urban. These counts are not a census of confirmed wildfires. The archive starts on August 3, 2026; the current month is incomplete.
Argentina, August 2026: 322 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 6 October at 08:59.
Busiest day: 30 August, with 33 ignitions detected.
"In August 2026, kanari archived 322 detection events in Argentina, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 2134 MW."
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pozo del Tigre | 16 Aug, 14:52 | 121 | 2134 |
| Villa General Guemes | 3 Aug, 14:52 | 161 | 1496 |
| Frías | 25 Aug, 17:47 | 33 | 1317 |
| Villa General Guemes | 16 Aug, 16:12 | 27 | 985 |
| Villa General Guemes | 27 Aug, 17:57 | 37 | 775 |
| El Espinillo | 17 Aug, 18:52 | 14 | 633 |
| Pozo Hondo | 19 Aug, 15:27 | 72 | 610 |
| Catriló | 31 Aug, 16:28 | 32 | 552 |
| Alpachiri | 29 Aug, 18:38 | 3 | 546 |
| Campo Gallo | 31 Aug, 17:17 | 38 | 529 |
Cite these figures
kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Argentina, August 2026: 322 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-10-06.
Methodology: only significant fires are archived (corroborated by witnesses, or above detection and power thresholds); totals are not comparable to exhaustive official tallies. Full methodology and licence.
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