Wildfire near Concepción (Jul 29)
Started on Jul 29, 2026.
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Fire (SWIR)
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Burning near Concepción, Bolivia, an active wildfire has scorched 380 ha (939 acres) since it began on July 29, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the active front, while 23 nearby heat detections highlight how far the fire has spread in the area.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 2 days. In total it burned about 380 ha (939 acres) — around 3.8 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 917,890 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 86% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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