Started on Aug 27, 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 17 heat detections over the past 48 hours trace the local spread of the flames. The blaze has consumed 400 hectares, equivalent to 988 acres, since it started on August 27, 2026, amid the dry season.
This incident unfolds within a broader national landscape where 721,844 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking an 89% decrease below the two-decade average for Bolivia.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 2 days. In total it burned about 500 ha (1,236 acres) — around 5.0 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 1,331,157 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 79% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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