Wildfire near Municipio Exaltación (Sep 4)
Started on Sep 4, 2026.
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Active fires nearby1 · 100 km
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature alongside 47 nearby heat detections at an active wildfire burning near Municipio Exaltación, Bolivia. The incident has charred 350 hectares, or 865 acres, since it started on September 4, 2026, during the dry season.
This fire unfolds against a broader national backdrop where 859,409 hectares have burned across Bolivia so far in 2026, marking an 87% decrease compared to the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 2 days. In total it burned about 350 ha (865 acres) — around 3.5 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 904,777 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 86% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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