Started on Sep 21, 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
An active wildfire is currently burning near Municipio Exaltación, Bolivia, having charred 500 hectares or 1,236 acres since it started on September 16, 2026. Satellites monitoring the incident are picking up a moderate heat signature from the burning front, accompanied by 20 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours to indicate the current spread.
This fire is unfolding within the typical fire season, which is characterized locally as the dry season. Meanwhile, the broader situation shows that 963,311 hectares have burned so far in 2026 across the country, tracking 85% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 1 day. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 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 1,273,479 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 80% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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