EndedUpdated · Source: NASA FIRMS

Wildfire near Villa Charcas

Started · size estimated by satellite

Estimated size
150 hectares
from satellite heat
Lasted
5 days
from Jul 24, 2026
Wildfire near Villa Charcas — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Villa Charcas — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

Summary written on Jul 24, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire that has burned 150 ha (371 acres) in Municipio Villa Charcas, Bolivia, since it started on July 24, 2026.

With six recent heat detections clustered nearby, the fire continues to spread across the area.

In context

This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 4 days. In total it burned about 150 ha (371 acres) — around 1.5 km². That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.

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 1,411,768 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 78% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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