Sicily fire map
Palermo, Catania, Taormina, the Aeolian gateway towns and the interior. An island large enough that a fire at one end says nothing about the other, so the areas below are given by name rather than lumped into one line.
What is happening in Sicily now
| Area | Status | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Caltagirone and the Calatino | Active fire | Caltagirone was on Sicily's list of active fire fronts in July, at Piano Evoli. |
| Etna: Valle del Bove, above Zafferana Etnea | Active fire | The heat satellites are reading on this part of Etna is lava, not a wildfire. |
| Licodia Eubea and the Vaito wood | Watch | The Vaito wood above Licodia Eubea burned on Sicily's worst fire day of the summer so far. |
| Larderia, above Messina | Watch | A land fire at Larderia sent a 74 year old man to hospital with smoke inhalation after he tried to beat it out himself. |
| Paternò | Watch | Paternò is on the Giornale di Sicilia's province by province list of comuni hit by fire this summer. |
| Faro Superiore, above Messina | Watch | Faro Superiore was named among the zones on Messina's edge caught by fire in July. |
| Francavilla di Sicilia and the Alcantara valley | Stabilised | Francavilla di Sicilia was one of the Alcantara valley towns with fire on 20 July, in a day of more than thirty fire service callouts across Messina province. |
| Lentini and the ex Alba Sud site | Stabilised | A fire at the abandoned Alba Sud site on the Ragusana road burned through a day and a night in late July, and the council asked the environment agency to test for a health risk. |
| Butera | Stabilised | Butera took people out of the edge of town and sheltered them in two churches in July. |
| Niscemi and contrada Pisciotto | Stabilised | Forestry helicopters were working fires at contrada Pisciotto, outside Niscemi, on 1 August, after Canadair aircraft had been over the area the day before. |
| Raffadali and the SS118 above Agrigento | Stabilised | A fire on the SS118 between Agrigento and Raffadali on 28 July burned olive groves and vineyards and reached farm buildings. |
| Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto | In recovery | Two fires burned above Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto in July, at San Paolo and at Arena Montecroci, and the San Paolo district lost its water while they were fought. |
284 satellite fire detections inside Sicily in the latest NASA FIRMS pass (2026-08-15 to 2026-08-16). A detection is heat seen from orbit; it is not by itself a reported fire, and not every detection becomes one.
Where this comes from
Fire locations are NASA FIRMS satellite detections. Status for each area is set from what the named authority has published, never from satellite data alone — see how this site works.
- Dipartimento Regionale della Protezione Civile, Regione Siciliana
- Dipartimento della Protezione Civile (national)
If you are travelling
Conditions change hourly during a fire. The authorities above are always right where this page and they disagree, and in danger anywhere in the European Union the emergency number is 112.
Most serious status in Sicily right now: Active fire.