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Wildfire near Municipio San Rafael (Oct 9)

Ended · 450 hectares (1,112 acres) · Started · Updated

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450Hectares1,112Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Oct 9, 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

An active wildfire spanning 330 hectares (815 acres) is currently burning in Bolivia near Municipio San Rafael. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the front, while 13 heat signatures cluster nearby, illustrating how far the fire has spread across the area.

The blaze is occurring during the typical fire season, which is the dry season. This event unfolds within a broader national context where 1,222,096 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 81% 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 1,331,157 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 79% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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