Wildfire near Guayaramerín
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
An active wildfire spanning 200 hectares, or 494 acres, has been burning near Guayaramerín, Bolivia, since July 24, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the active front, underscoring the severity of the blaze in this region.
Monitoring systems have registered nine heat detections over the past 48 hours, highlighting the ongoing spread and activity of the fire as ground conditions remain critical.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 4 days. In total it burned about 200 ha (494 acres) — around 2.0 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 883,909 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 86% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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