Started on Jul 24, 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
A moderate heat signature picked up by satellites marks the active front of a 100-hectare (247-acre) wildfire burning in the municipality of San Miguel de Velasco, Bolivia. Ignited on July 24, 2026, the blaze has generated a cluster of nine heat detections over the past 48 hours.
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 963,311 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 85% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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More fires in Bolivia
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