Wildfire near El Carmen Rivero Tórrez, Bolivia (2026)

Wildfire near El Carmen Rivero Tórrez — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near El Carmen Rivero Tórrez — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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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 Aug 1, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

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. 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.