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Wildfire near Ascención de Guarayos (Jul 29)

Ended · 350 hectares (865 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
350Hectares865Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Jul 29, 2026.

Bolivia today7 days
4Fires · 7d116Hotspots 48h1,770Hectares · 7d
Last 7 days · risingHow many named wildfires were burning on each of the last 7 days. It rises when there are more than on the earlier days.
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Wildfire near Ascención de Guarayos (Jul 29) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Ascención de Guarayos (Jul 29) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

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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 near Ascención de Guarayos, Bolivia, an active 350-hectare (865-acre) wildfire that started on July 29, 2026, is showing a moderate heat intensity from its peak fire radiative power, according to satellite data.

In the past 48 hours, satellites have picked up 14 heat detections clustering around the area, indicating the current spread of the fire front.

In context

This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 2 days. In total it burned about 350 ha (865 acres) — around 3.5 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 942,179 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 85% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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