Wildfire near El Carmen Rivero Tórrez
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Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
An active wildfire is burning near El Carmen Rivero Tórrez, Bolivia, having charred 650 hectares (1,606 acres) since it started on July 31, 2026. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the front, alongside 27 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours, highlighting the ongoing spread of the blaze during the region's typical fire season, the dry season.
The broader national landscape shows a starkly different scale: 560,513 hectares have burned across Bolivia so far in 2026, marking a figure 91% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 2 days. In total it burned about 650 ha (1,606 acres) — around 6.5 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 883,024 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 86% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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