Wildfire near Caccamo, Italy (2026)

This fire in numbers3 days

230Hectares · estimated568Acres · estimated3Days it lasted

Started on Jul 27, 2026.

Italy todayLive

1Active43Hotspots 48h200Hectares

Last 7 days · rising

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Wildfire near Caccamo — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Caccamo — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS

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About 20 km southwest of Caccamo.

An intense heat signature is currently being detected from space above an active wildfire consuming 230 ha (568 acres) of land near Caccamo, Italy. Satellites have registered nine thermal detections in the area over the past 48 hours, highlighting the ongoing spread of the front.

First reported on July 27, 2026, the blaze continues to burn actively across the Italian landscape.

In context

This wildfire burned in Italy for 2 days. In total it burned about 230 ha (568 acres) — around 2.3 km². That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.

In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.