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Wildfire near Municipio Apolo (Sep 21 · S)

Active · 330 hectares (815 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbersDay 3
330Hectares815Acres3Days burning

Started on Sep 21, 2026.

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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

Burning actively near Municipio Apolo in Bolivia, a wildfire has scorched 330 hectares (815 acres) since it started on September 21, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up an intense heat signature alongside 30 heat detections over the past 48 hours, highlighting a widespread and aggressive thermal front in the area.

This active fire unfolds during the typical fire season, characterized locally as the dry season. Despite regional activity, the broader national landscape reflects a significant downward trend, with 1,018,857 hectares burned so far in 2026, placing the total burned area 84% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire has been burning in Bolivia for 2 days. So far it has affected roughly 330 ha (815 acres) — about 3.3 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 1,030,690 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 84% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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