Wildfire near Municipio San Joaquin (Jul 24)
Imagery: Sentinel-2 SWIR (Copernicus) — infrared, sees through smoke. 🟢 vegetation · 🟤 burned · 🟠 active fire.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Burning near Municipio San Joaquin in Bolivia, an active wildfire spanning 100 hectares, or 247 acres, has maintained a moderate heat intensity according to satellite observations since it started on July 24, 2026.
Monitoring systems have registered four heat detections over the past 48 hours in the surrounding area, indicating ongoing activity as the front continues to develop.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 4 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 885,605 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 86% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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