Started on Sep 16, 2026.
Bolivia todayLive
Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
An active wildfire spanning 380 hectares (939 acres) is burning near Municipio Huacaraje, Bolivia, having started on September 16, 2026, during the dry season. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature alongside 15 heat detections over the past 48 hours, marking the active spread of the front.
This incident unfolds within a broader national context where 963,311 hectares have burned so far in 2026, a figure that remains 85% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 2 days. In total it burned about 450 ha (1,112 acres) — around 4.5 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 1,273,479 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 80% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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