🇧🇴 Bolivia: wildfires in August 2026
Unit: archived detection events, grouped by first-detection day and a roughly 11 km cell. One physical fire can span multiple records; hotspots can also be agricultural, industrial or urban. These counts are not a census of confirmed wildfires. The archive starts on August 3, 2026; the current month is incomplete.
Bolivia, August 2026: 176 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 6 October at 05:45.
Busiest day: 30 August, with 15 ignitions detected.
"In August 2026, kanari archived 176 detection events in Bolivia, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 595 MW."
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pailón | 11 Aug, 21:52 | 102 | 595 |
| Santa Ana de Yacuma | 29 Aug, 13:36 | 60 | 569 |
| Uyuni | 15 Aug, 12:29 | 1 | 380 |
| Trinidad | 26 Aug, 18:43 | 15 | 353 |
| Trinidad | 28 Aug, 15:43 | 81 | 323 |
| Riberalta | 4 Aug, 16:16 | 10 | 310 |
| Santa Rosa de Yacuma | 29 Aug, 14:36 | 13 | 301 |
| Guayaramerín | 27 Aug, 18:16 | 6 | 296 |
| Nueva Manoa | 23 Aug, 14:43 | 27 | 295 |
| Nueva Manoa | 17 Aug, 18:06 | 42 | 274 |
Cite these figures
kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Bolivia, August 2026: 176 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-10-06.
Methodology: only significant fires are archived (corroborated by witnesses, or above detection and power thresholds); totals are not comparable to exhaustive official tallies. Full methodology and licence.
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