Wildfires
Bolivia (Update)
On 24 July 2024, the Bolivia Ministry of Defense (MINDEF per its acronym in Spanish) published information on wildfires occurring in Bolivia. MINDEF is reporting 11,576 hotspots distributed throughout the national territory (6,671 increase since the 17 July report), of which, almost 96% are in the departments of Santa Cruz and Beni. Additionally, 20 wildfires were contained (6 increase). A total of 46,197 families in 149 municipalities were attended to by MINDEF. The report is available from: MINDEF