Wildfire near Municipio Ixiamas
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 Ixiamas, Bolivia, where 13 heat detections have clustered over the past 48 hours to mark the spread of the front. Having started on August 30, 2026, the blaze has consumed 330 hectares, or 815 acres, during the local dry season.
The broader fire activity unfolds within a national landscape where 754,047 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a total that sits 88% below the two-decade average for the country.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Bolivia for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 330 ha (815 acres) — about 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 754,047 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 88% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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