FILE PHOTO: A forest firefighter looks at an area affected by wildfires in the community of Palestina, in Concepcion, Bolivia September 13, 2024. REUTERS/Ipa Ibanez/File Photo
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Wildfires in Bolivia are now running on a track to set an all-time record, latest satellite data show, with fire hot-spots to-date overtaking the rate in the same period during major blazes in 2010 as the wider South American region burns.
Satellite data from Brazil's space research agency Inpe showed that Bolivia had 70,628 fire hot-spots up until Sept. 22, putting it ahead of the number in Jan-Sept 2010. That year finished with a record 83,119 hot-spots.
