Wildfire near San Ignacio de Velasco (Jul 22)
Started on Jul 22, 2026.
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Fire (SWIR)
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Active fires nearby1 · 100 km
Spanning 100 hectares (247 acres), an active wildfire near San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia, has been burning since July 22, 2026. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the active front, alongside four recent heat detections clustered in the surrounding area indicating the extent of the fire's spread.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 2 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 941,964 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 85% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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