Wildfire near Municipio Exaltación (Aug 27)
Satellite image: NASA MODIS (infrared — active fire in orange/red, from yesterday).
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
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 883,024 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 86% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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