Started on Sep 5, 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 Santa Rosa, Bolivia, as the front continues to advance. Spanning 480 hectares (1,186 acres), the blaze has triggered 19 heat detections in the past 48 hours, illustrating how far the fire has spread across the area since it started on September 5, 2026.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, the dry season. The wider landscape reflects a different trajectory overall, with 883,024 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 86% below the two-decade average for the country.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 2 days. In total it burned about 480 ha (1,186 acres) — around 4.8 km². That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.
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 1,371,379 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 79% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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