Started on Jul 29, 2026.
Bolivia today7 days
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🟢 green = vegetation
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Burning near San Javier, Bolivia, an active wildfire has scorched 430 ha (1,063 acres) since it began on July 29, 2026. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the active front, while 17 recent heat detections cluster nearby to trace the spread of the fire.
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 941,964 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 85% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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