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Wildfire near Municipio Exaltación (Jul 22 · SW)

Ended · 100 hectares (247 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
100Hectares247Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Jul 22, 2026.

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Wildfire near Municipio Exaltación (Jul 22 · SW) — Sentinel-2 SWIR

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Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS

An active wildfire is currently burning near Municipio Exaltación, Bolivia, consuming 100 hectares (247 acres) since it started on July 22, 2026.

Satellites monitoring the area are picking up a moderate heat signature alongside four recent heat detections clustered nearby, indicating steady activity on the ground.

In context

This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 2 days. In total it burned about 100 ha (247 acres) — around 1.0 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 963,311 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 85% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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