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Wildfire near Mizque (Sep 21)

Ended · 430 hectares (1,063 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
430Hectares1,063Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Sep 21, 2026.

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Wildfire near Mizque (Sep 21) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Mizque (Sep 21) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS

Active fires nearby1 · 100 km
23KM NWildfire near Mizque (Oct 5)650 ha
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Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the active wildfire burning near Mizque, Bolivia, where 18 thermal detections have been recorded over the past 48 hours. The fire has consumed 450 hectares, or 1,112 acres, since it started on September 20, 2026.

The incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, characterized by the dry season conditions. Across the broader national landscape, 1,003,283 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 84% 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.

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

The bigger picture in Bolivia

Across Bolivia, roughly 1,250,416 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 80% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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