The typical wildfire season was significantly exacerbated in 2024 by ongoing drought conditions and elevated temperatures caused primarily by anthropogenic climate change.

[3] Córdoba Environmental Forum president Federico Kopta noted that most of the wildfires were the result of human activity, including one outbreak that was started by an individual who was emptying a heating salamander.

Volunteer firefighter Santiago Tarduchy also noted that Argentine laws, in some cases, allow a designated forest or conservation area that is struck by a wildfire to be recategorized to allow construction on its territory, which could lead to instances of arson for political reasons.

Photographs taken in Capilla del Monte showed cattle that were "completely burned and blackened", while residents claimed that the arriving wildfires sounded like a "monster", a "growl", or a "turbine".

Several firefighting units, planes, and helicopters were deployed in order to prevent the wildfires from spreading into nearby urban and residential areas.