Alta Murgia, between Altamura and Gravina destination risk · checked against official sources 16 August 2026 at 09:47 UK time
Alta Murgia, between Altamura and Gravina Wildfire Risk: Should I Travel?
Fire ran through pasture and woodland inside the Alta Murgia national park on Sunday 9 August, on the ground between Altamura and Gravina in Puglia. Two Canadair and a regional helicopter were sent to it.
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What is still disrupted in Alta Murgia, between Altamura and Gravina
Checked against AltamuraLife, 9 August 2026 on 2026-08-13. Conditions change daily during and after a fire, and the source below is the authority.
- Check locally: Pasture and woodland fire in the Alta Murgia park between Altamura and Gravina in Puglia, Sunday 9 August. In corso describes the position on the evening of 9 August, when GravinaLife reported containment and safety work still under way. It is the reporting's description and not a stage published by Puglia's regional civil protection, which has issued nothing naming this fire. (as of 2026-08-09)
- Advice in force: No evacuation ordered at Altamura or Gravina in Puglia. GravinaLife reports that some residents left their homes of their own accord as a precaution because smoke was getting in. No order is reported by any source consulted this run. (as of 2026-08-09)
- Advice in force: No road closure published for the 9 August fire. No source consulted this run names a road closed by this fire. Smoke across the plateau lanes is the ordinary hazard on open ground with wind behind it. (as of 2026-08-13)
- Advice in force: No closure published for the Alta Murgia park tracks. Nothing consulted this run announces a track or path closure in the park. Burnt grazing is not the same as a declared closure, and the absence of one is not a statement that the ground is fine. (as of 2026-08-13)
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One fire, two towns
AltamuraLife names Parisi vecchia in the Altamura territory and Bosco Pantano in the Gravina territory as the same fire. VideoAndria places it at Monte Castiglione between them. It is one incident, not two.Nobody was ordered out
GravinaLife reports that some residents left of their own accord because of smoke. No source consulted this run reports an evacuation order at either Altamura or Gravina in Puglia.Aircraft were used, which tells you about the ground
Two Canadair and Puglia's regional helicopter worked alongside five fire brigade crews and ARIF forestry squads. Open plateau with wind behind it is why.The region has not given it a stage
Protezione Civile Puglia's most recent posted item when this page was written was a heat wave notice for 11 to 13 August. It carries nothing naming this fire, so there is no official word on whether it is out.Nearby alternatives to compare
- Altamura, Gravina in Puglia and Matera are all towns rather than fire ground, and none of them is reported affected.
- Nothing published names a closed road, a closed station or a closed campsite at Altamura or Gravina in Puglia.
- If you are walking or cycling in the Alta Murgia park, take a route from the town side rather than across the ground between the two, and ask locally about the tracks first.
Active fire in Alta Murgia, between Altamura and Gravina
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