Wildfire near San José de Chiquitos (Jul 31)
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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).
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire near San José de Chiquitos, Bolivia, where 33 thermal detections over the past 48 hours trace the spread of the front. The blaze has consumed 300 hectares (741 acres) since it started on July 31, 2026, burning through the landscape during the dry season.
This incident unfolds within a broader national context where 550,600 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 91% below the two-decade average for Bolivia.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 2 days. In total it burned about 300 ha (741 acres) — around 3.0 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 883,024 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 86% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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