Wildfire near San José de Chiquitos (Jul 24)
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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).
Burning near San José de Chiquitos, Bolivia, a 130-hectare (321-acre) wildfire that started on July 24, 2026, has now ended. Orbiting sensors registered five heat signatures in the surrounding area over the final 48 hours, while satellites detected only a low heat intensity radiating from the remaining front.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bolivia for less than a day. In total it burned about 130 ha (321 acres) — around 1.3 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 885,605 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 86% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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