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Raffadali and the SS118 above Agrigento destination risk · checked against official sources 8 August 2026 at 10:19 UK time

Raffadali and the SS118 above Agrigento Wildfire Risk: Should I Travel?

A fire on the SS118 between Agrigento and Raffadali on 28 July burned olive groves and vineyards and reached farm buildings. There is newer burnt ground here that nobody has written about.

Short answer: Local reporting on 28 July described a fire in contrada Borsellino, near Montaperto, along the SS118 that links Agrigento to Raffadali. Giornale Centro Sicilia and Scrivo Libero both reported that more than fifty producing olive trees and two vineyards were destroyed, with the grapes close to harvest, and that the flames reached rural houses and farm buildings, one of which was damaged. Fire crews from the Agrigento provincial command and the Licata station attended with the forestry corps, civil protection and volunteers, and animals were brought out of the affected properties. Both outlets reported that investigators suspected arson because the fire appeared to have been started in several places at once. No evacuation was reported and no road closure was reported, including on the SS118 itself. There is separate burnt ground here dated 2 August that no published account names, which is why this page reads watch rather than telling you the episode is finished.

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What is still disrupted in Raffadali and the SS118 above Agrigento

Checked against Giornale Centro Sicilia, 28 July 2026 on 2026-08-08. Conditions change daily during and after a fire, and the source below is the authority.

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Nothing here has been reported closed

No road closure was reported on the SS118 or anywhere else, and no evacuation was reported.

Farms took the damage

More than fifty producing olive trees and two vineyards were destroyed on 28 July and the flames reached rural houses and farm buildings, damaging one.

Arson is suspected

Both outlets reported investigators working on the view that the fire was set in several places at once. No finding has been published.

Why this page reads watch

There is burnt ground here dated 2 August that no published account names, and no authority has given this fire a stage.

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Unconfirmed fire signal near Raffadali and the SS118 above Agrigento

This is satellite heat that no authority has commented on. No authority has published anything about a fire here, so there is no confirmed incident, no evacuation and no closure on record. Treat it as a prompt to check official sources before rural routes, not as confirmation of anything. Conditions can change fast, so follow local authorities.

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