Bolivia is unable to combat the fires properly as it does not have enough water bombing aircraft.

[1] There was a steep jump in fire hot-spots from 17,000 on Sunday August 15 to approximately 25,000 three days later.

Smoke from the fires has halted numerous flights and forced many smaller airports to close temporarily.

[2] According to Cliver Rojas from Bolivia's forests/land department, the most affected region was the Amazonian province of Pando in the north.

[5] The President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, said that he requested that his neighboring countries, Brazil and Argentina, help with the efforts, but, as of August 21, 2010, help had not been received.