Started on Aug 17, 2026.
Bolivia today7 days
Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
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 burned in Bolivia for 2 days. In total it burned about 400 ha (988 acres) — around 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 1,182,603 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 81% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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