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🇦🇷 Argentina: wildfires in September 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, September 2026: 542 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 18 October at 06:54.

Busiest day: 4 September, with 44 ignitions detected. Longest fire: Los Telares, tracked for 6 h. +68% compared with August 2026.

542
archived events
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
2201
peak power (MW)
"In September 2026, kanari archived 542 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: 2201 MW."
Source: kanari.io, NASA FIRMS, GOES and Meteosat MTG satellites plus AI-verified witness reports. Freely citable (CC BY 4.0).

Fire ignitions per day

012026-09-01: 15022026-09-02: 23032026-09-03: 11042026-09-04: 44052026-09-05: 32062026-09-06: 22072026-09-07: 19082026-09-08: 35092026-09-09: 30102026-09-10: 5112026-09-11: 12122026-09-12: 1132026-09-13: 3142026-09-14: 6152026-09-15: 5162026-09-16: 42172026-09-17: 17182026-09-18: 2192026-09-19: 17202026-09-20: 7212026-09-21: 31222026-09-22: 20232026-09-23: 29242026-09-24: 24252026-09-25: 13262026-09-26: 20272026-09-27: 44282026-09-28: 13

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Añatuya2 Sept, 15:271642201
La Cruz8 Sept, 15:47671731
Frías25 Sept, 23:571011525
El Hoyo9 Sept, 16:171021518
Campo Gallo11 Sept, 20:17411389
Rodeo28 Sept, 11:5961356
Rodeo28 Sept, 11:5911332
Quimilí8 Sept, 16:22131283
Las Flores28 Sept, 11:5921200
Los Frentones24 Sept, 17:12541189

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Argentina, September 2026: 542 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-10-18.

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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