Wildfire near Municipio Exaltación (Jul 29 · SW)
Started on Jul 29, 2026.
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Imagery: Sentinel-2 SWIR (Copernicus) — infrared, sees through smoke. 🟢 vegetation · 🟤 burned · 🟠 active fire.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the active wildfire burning near Municipio Exaltación, Bolivia, where 22 thermal detections have been recorded over the past 48 hours. The blaze has scorched 530 hectares (1,310 acres) since it started on July 29, 2026.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 2 days. In total it burned about 530 ha (1,310 acres) — around 5.3 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 932,963 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 85% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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