Overview
- National fire authorities placed 16 provinces under an “extreme” danger alert based on the Fire Weather Index, signaling conditions for rapid spread.
- Chubut’s Puerto Patriada and nearby Comarca Andina saw about 700 people evacuated and at least 10 houses and several vehicles destroyed, with operations hampered by single-road access.
- Provincial and national teams deployed hundreds of responders and multiple aircraft, and the governor requested additional air assets while investigations assess potential human causes.
- La Pampa reported nearly 100,000 hectares burned, as rural group CARBAP pressed for preventive planning, equipment and special credit lines to rebuild farm infrastructure.
- In Santa Cruz, a wildfire near Cerro Huemul in Los Glaciares National Park burned an estimated 340 hectares, closed the Vuelta del Huemul route and prompted boat evacuations of stranded trekkers.