<ul> <li>Several large wildfires have been burning across north-eastern Argentina, particularly in Corrientes Province.</li> <li>According to the National Fire Management Service, as of 23 February, there are 10 active wildfires and one controlled in Corrientes Province, &nbsp;five active and five controlled in Misiones Province, one active in Formosa.</li> <li>Since January wildfires in Corrientes have burned an area of approximately 800,000 hectares, as reported by UN OCHA. A state of emergency due to the wildfires is in effect for Corrientes.&nbsp;</li> <li>According to the JRC Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS), the fire risk will be very high to extreme on 23-24 Febraury over north-east Argentina (mainly Corrientes), but will improve on 25-26 February, when the risk will be from low to moderate.</li> </ul> ERCC_Map_3993 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 07:54:10 +01:00 <p>JRC, JRC-GWIS, DG ECHO, Argentina National Fire Management Service, IGN, OSM, GHSL</p> WF ERC ARG https://erccportal.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ercmapsthumbs/ECDM_20220223_Argentina_Wildfires.png ECDM_20220223_Argentina_Wildfires.pdf https://erccportal.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ercmaps/ECDM_20220223_Argentina_Wildfires.pdf Daily Map 1004136 Public