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Wildfire near Concepción (Jul 22)

Ended · 130 hectares (321 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
130Hectares321Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Jul 22, 2026.

Bolivia today7 days
4Fires · 7d144Hotspots 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 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

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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

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.

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 943,091 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 85% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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