Wildfire near Concepción (Jul 22), Bolivia (2026)

Wildfire near Concepción (Jul 22) — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Concepción (Jul 22) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

True view Fire view

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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

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

Summary written on Jul 23, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Spreading across 130 hectares (321 acres) near Concepción, Bolivia, an active wildfire first detected on July 22, 2026, has prompted orbital monitoring as satellites register a moderate heat signature from the burning front. Over the past 48 hours, orbital sensors have identified 19 heat detections clustering near the area, highlighting the ongoing spread of the incident.

In context

This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 2 days. In total it burned about 130 ha (321 acres) — around 1.3 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.