Wildfire near Municipio Exaltación (Jul 24 · SE)
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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).
Burning near Municipio Exaltación in Bolivia, an active wildfire has scorched 250 hectares, or 618 acres, since it started on July 24, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the front, reflecting the high radiative power of the flames.
In the past 48 hours, monitoring systems have detected 10 heat signatures clustering in the area, indicating the ongoing spread and activity of the fire.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 4 days. In total it burned about 250 ha (618 acres) — around 2.5 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 883,909 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 86% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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