Started on Sep 29, 2026.
Bolivia today7 days
Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
An active wildfire covering 450 hectares (1,112 acres) continues to burn near Municipio Charagua, Bolivia, after starting on September 29, 2026. Orbiting equipment is currently picking up an intense heat signature from the front, while 18 separate heat detections have been registered nearby over the past 48 hours.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, the dry season. Meanwhile, the broader national landscape shows a total of 1,143,301 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 82% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 2 days. In total it burned about 480 ha (1,186 acres) — around 4.8 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 1,360,715 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 79% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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