Started on Sep 1, 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
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature at the active wildfire burning near Municipio Exaltación, Bolivia, where 15 heat detections over the past 48 hours indicate a concentrated cluster of thermal activity. Having started on August 30, 2026, the fire has grown to encompass 300 hectares, equivalent to 741 acres, during the ongoing dry season.
This incident unfolds against a wider backdrop of lower-than-average fire activity across the country. In 2026, a total of 737,906 hectares have burned so far, a figure that remains 88 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 2 days. In total it burned about 430 ha (1,063 acres) — around 4.3 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 1,339,255 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 79% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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