Wildfire near San José de Chiquitos (Jul 22)
True color
Fire (SWIR)
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True color (left): as the eye sees it.
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
An active wildfire covering 600 ha (1,483 acres) is currently burning near San José de Chiquitos, Bolivia, after igniting on July 22, 2026.
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the front, alongside 31 thermal detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours.
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