Wildfire near Municipio Exaltación (Jul 29 · NE)
Satellite image: NASA MODIS (infrared — active fire in orange/red, from yesterday).
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Burning across 300 hectares (741 acres) in Municipio Exaltación, Bolivia, an active wildfire is currently registering a moderate heat intensity from its front, with orbiting satellites detecting 11 thermal anomalies nearby over the past 48 hours.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 1 day. In total it burned about 300 ha (741 acres) — around 3.0 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 534,990 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 92% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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