Started on Sep 3, 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 at an active wildfire burning near Santa Ana de Yacuma, Bolivia, where 23 heat detections in the past 48 hours trace the footprint of the active fire. The blaze, which started on September 3, 2026, has consumed 330 hectares (815 acres) during the dry season.
This incident unfolds within a broader national context where 851,418 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, tracking 87% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 2 days. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 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 1,365,287 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 79% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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