Started on Sep 4, 2026.
Bolivia today7 days
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 from an active wildfire burning near Municipio San Matías, Bolivia, driven by conditions typical of the dry season. Having started on September 4, 2026, the fire has grown to cover 530 hectares, which equals 1,310 acres.
Monitoring systems have detected 31 heat signatures over the last 48 hours in the surrounding area, indicating ongoing activity and spread. This incident unfolds within a broader national context where 851,418 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 87% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 2 days. In total it burned about 530 ha (1,310 acres) — around 5.3 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 1,182,603 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 81% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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