Overview

• Flames broke out around 15:00 in a roughly one‑hectare field on Calle Santa Rita near the Las Heras industrial park, about three kilometers from El Plumerillo airport.
• Multiple brigades responded, including volunteer and municipal firefighters, the central fire station, police firefighters, and provincial and local civil defense teams.
• TN reported crews brought the main front under control shortly after the outbreak, with responders then working several separate hotspots reported locally as seven foci.
• Authorities confirmed no injuries as winds fanned flames over five meters high through dry pastures and threatened nearby homes before containment.
• Officials differ on origin as Defensa Civil’s Daniel Burrieza cites intentional ignition, local reporting points to negligent waste burning, and the episode comes during a provincially flagged high‑risk fire period tied to low precipitation.