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Wildfire near Municipio Exaltación (Sep 2)

Ended · 1,080 hectares (2,669 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
1,080Hectares2,669Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Sep 2, 2026.

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Wildfire near Municipio Exaltación (Sep 2) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Municipio Exaltación (Sep 2) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

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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

A moderate heat signature is currently being picked up by satellites near Municipio Exaltación, Bolivia, where an active wildfire has scorched 450 hectares (1,112 acres) since it began on September 2, 2026. The active front has triggered 27 NASA FIRMS heat detections over the past 48 hours, highlighting the ongoing spread of the flames.

This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which coincides with the dry season. Despite this localized activity, the broader national landscape reflects a different trend, with 791,358 hectares burned across the country so far in 2026, marking an 88% decrease compared to the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 2 days. In total it burned about 1,080 ha (2,669 acres) — around 11 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 1,361,984 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 79% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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