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Wildfire near Municipio Villa Charcas

Ended · 150 ha (371 acres) · started 2026-07-24 · updated 2026-07-24

This fire in numbers5 days
150Hectares371Acres5Days it lasted

Started on Jul 24, 2026.

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Wildfire near Municipio Villa Charcas — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Municipio Villa Charcas — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True color Fire (SWIR)
True color (left): as the eye sees it.
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire

Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.

Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).

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.

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 941,964 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 85% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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