Wildfire near Mizque (Sep 21), Bolivia (2026)

Wildfire near Mizque (Sep 21) — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Mizque (Sep 21) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

About 10 km west of Mizque.

Burning across a span of 34 days within the municipality of Mizque, Bolivia, a wildfire that began on September 21, 2026, has now ended. Satellites previously detected a moderate heat signature from the incident, which ultimately reached an estimated size of 430 hectares, or roughly 1,063 acres, derived from the number of satellite hotspots. The typical fire season in this region is the dry season.

Broader national figures show that 1,489,841 hectares have burned so far in 2026 across Bolivia, a figure that remains 77% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 2 days. In total it burned about 430 ha (1,063 acres) — around 4.3 km². That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.

Close to the tropics, fires tend to follow the dry season and are often linked to land-clearing rather than a single summer peak.