Overview
- The national government says 22 of 32 recorded fires are extinguished, but Governor Ignacio Torres warns the primary fronts near Puerto Patriada/Epuyén and in Los Alerces remain active and hazardous.
- Judicial pericial work detected fuel vapors at an origin point, and the province will act as plaintiff as it pursues those responsible.
- About 12,000 hectares have burned, with at least two responders gravely injured, damage to roughly two dozen homes and tourist facilities, and evacuations reported.
- Light rains offered short‑lived relief that fell below the 20–30 mm needed for durable suppression, leaving high reactivation risk in windy, dry conditions.
- Hundreds of responders and multiple aircraft remain deployed in a coordinated operation, and President Javier Milei publicly thanked brigadistas, firefighters and volunteers for their work.