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Wildfire near Municipio Concepción (Oct 8)

Active · 450 hectares (1,112 acres) · Started · Updated

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450Hectares1,112Acres2Days burning

Started on Oct 8, 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

Intense heat signatures are currently being picked up by satellites over an active wildfire burning near Municipio Concepción, Bolivia. The blaze, which covers 500 hectares, has triggered 24 heat detections in the past 48 hours, signaling active spread across the area.

The fire started on October 8, 2026, and is burning during the typical fire season, which is characterized as the dry season. This incident unfolds against a broader national backdrop where 1,289,837 hectares have burned so far in 2026, a figure that remains 80 percent below the two-decade average for the country.

In context

This wildfire has been burning in Bolivia for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 450 ha (1,112 acres) — about 4.5 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 1,289,837 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 80% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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