Started on Sep 4, 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 from an active wildfire burning near Municipio San Rafael, Bolivia, where 36 recent heat detections cluster across the area. The fire has consumed 850 hectares, or approximately 2,100 acres, since it started on September 4, 2026.
Burning during the dry season, this incident unfolds against a wider national backdrop where 851,418 hectares have burned so far in 2026, a figure that remains 87 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 2 days. In total it burned about 850 ha (2,100 acres) — around 8.5 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 1,326,648 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 79% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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More fires in Bolivia
- Wildfire near Municipio Concepción (Oct 9)Ended
- Wildfire near Municipio Ixiamas (Oct 10 · NW)Active
- Wildfire near Municipio San Rafael (Oct 9)Ended
- Wildfire near Municipio Ixiamas (Oct 10 · N)Active
- Wildfire near Reyes (Oct 10)Active
- Wildfire near Municipio Magdalena (Oct 10)Active