EndedUpdated · Source: NASA FIRMS

Wildfire near San Ignacio de Velasco (Jul 24 · SE)

Started · size estimated by satellite

Estimated size
280 hectares
from satellite heat
Lasted
5 days
from Jul 24, 2026
Wildfire near San Ignacio de Velasco (Jul 24 · SE) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near San Ignacio de Velasco (Jul 24 · SE) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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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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The story so far

About 45 km northeast of San Ignacio de Velasco.

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

Burning near San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia, an active wildfire spanning 280 hectares (692 acres) that started on July 24, 2026, is currently exhibiting an intense heat signature according to satellite observations.

Monitoring systems have detected 14 heat signatures clustered nearby over the past 48 hours, illustrating the current scale and activity of the fire front.

In context

This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 4 days. In total it burned about 280 ha (692 acres) — around 2.8 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 1,427,237 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 78% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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