Minervino Murge, Coste Cirillo destination risk · checked against official sources 11 August 2026 at 09:47 UK time
Minervino Murge, Coste Cirillo Wildfire Risk: Should I Travel?
A woodland fire took hold at Coste Cirillo, above Minervino Murge, at around half past two on the afternoon of 10 August. A Canadair and a helicopter were sent because the ground is too steep to work from below.
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What is still disrupted in Minervino Murge, Coste Cirillo
Checked against ANSA Puglia, 10 August 2026 on 2026-08-11. Conditions change daily during and after a fire, and the source below is the authority.
- Check locally: Woodland fire at Coste Cirillo, Minervino Murge, from about 14.30 on 10 August. In corso is the reporting's description and not a stage published by the region. Protezione Civile Puglia's site carried a heat-wave notice for 10 to 12 August and nothing about this fire when it was checked on 11 August. (as of 2026-08-10)
- Advice in force: No evacuation reported for the 10 August fire. ANSA reports no evacuation and no injuries. The comune's own evacuation notice, telling residents to go to the sports hall, is dated 15 July and relates to the earlier fire on the southern side of the Murgia. (as of 2026-08-10)
- Advice in force: No road closure reported at Minervino Murge. No source consulted this run names a closed road. Smoke on the scarp roads is the ordinary hazard on a fire of this kind. (as of 2026-08-11)
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The fire is on the scarp, not in the town
Coste Cirillo is the wooded slope below Minervino Murge. The built-up part of the town is not reported affected.No evacuation on 10 August
ANSA reports no evacuation and no injuries. The evacuation notice on the comune's own site is dated 15 July and relates to the earlier fire.Aircraft were needed
One Canadair and one helicopter were sent because the slope is too steep to work from the ground alone.Second fire in under a month
The Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno reports this as the second fire on the same ground in less than a month. The cause of neither has been published.Nearby alternatives to compare
- Nothing published names a road, a station or an accommodation closure at Minervino Murge.
- Canosa di Puglia and Spinazzola are the nearest towns and neither is reported affected.
- If you are walking in the Alta Murgia park, take the route from the Gravina or Altamura side rather than the Minervino scarp.
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