Wildfire near Municipio Baures
Imagery: Sentinel-2 SWIR (Copernicus) — infrared, sees through smoke. 🟢 vegetation · 🟤 burned · 🟠 active fire.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Municipio Baures, Bolivia, where 15 heat detections over the past 48 hours trace the spread of the front. The fire has consumed 350 hectares, or 865 acres, since it started on August 17, 2026, advancing through the area during the dry season.
This incident unfolds against a wider national backdrop where 662,759 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a total that sits 90% below the country's two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Bolivia for less than a day. So far it has affected roughly 400 ha (988 acres) — about 4.0 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 662,759 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 90% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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