Wildfire near San Ignacio de Velasco (Jul 31)
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Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
An active wildfire spanning 430 hectares (1,063 acres) is currently burning near San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia, having started on July 31, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the front, alongside 20 recent heat detections clustering nearby that indicate how far the fire has spread.
This blaze unfolds during the dry season, the region's typical fire season. Its activity comes within a broader national context where 550,600 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a total that is 91% below the country's two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 2 days. In total it burned about 430 ha (1,063 acres) — around 4.3 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 883,024 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 86% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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