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🇦🇷 Argentina: wildfires in October 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, October 2026: 692 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 13 November at 22:19.

Busiest day: 15 October, with 79 ignitions detected. +28% compared with September 2026.

692
archived events
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
5931
peak power (MW)
"In October 2026, kanari archived 692 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: 5931 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

012026-10-01: 77022026-10-02: 21032026-10-03: 3042026-10-04: 6052026-10-05: 29062026-10-06: 2072026-10-07: 25082026-10-08: 4092026-10-09: 11102026-10-10: 2112026-10-11: 6122026-10-12: 17132026-10-13: 4142026-10-14: 10152026-10-15: 79162026-10-16: 23172026-10-17: 33182026-10-18: 20192026-10-19: 1202026-10-20: 54212026-10-21: 8222026-10-22: 5232026-10-23: 3242026-10-24: 35252026-10-25: 54262026-10-26: 29272026-10-27: 13282026-10-28: 54292026-10-29: 10302026-10-30: 40312026-10-31: 14

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Comandante Fontana1 Oct, 23:22205931
Palo Santo1 Oct, 23:2225913
Palo Santo1 Oct, 23:2225898
Pampa del Indio1 Oct, 23:22565042
Chorotis1 Oct, 23:223094576
Riacho He-He1 Oct, 23:206544080
Juan José Castelli1 Oct, 23:22203821
Las Flores4 Oct, 23:2163283
Las Flores4 Oct, 23:2113242
Pirané1 Oct, 23:22663209

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Argentina, October 2026: 692 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-11-13.

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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