Started on Sep 12, 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
Burning through the dry season in Bolivia, an active wildfire near Municipio San Rafael has scorched 350 hectares, equivalent to 865 acres, since it started on September 12, 2026. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the peak fire radiative power, while 14 heat detections cluster nearby to reveal the spread of the fire across the landscape.
This incident unfolds within a broader national landscape where 932,963 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 85% below the country's two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 2 days. In total it burned about 380 ha (939 acres) — around 3.8 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 1,333,683 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 79% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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