Started on Jul 27, 2026.
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Burning near Municipio San Matías in Bolivia, an active wildfire has consumed 430 hectares (1,063 acres) since it started on July 27, 2026. Satellites have registered a moderate heat intensity from the fire front.
In the past 48 hours, monitoring systems have detected 17 heat signatures nearby, indicating the ongoing spread and activity of the blaze.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 2 days. In total it burned about 380 ha (939 acres) — around 3.8 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 943,091 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 85% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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