Brač wildfire: 1,500 ha between Ložišća and Milna, status 12 Sept 2026

Status as of Saturday 12 September 2026, 11:00, from the Croatian Firefighting Association (HVZ) and the county fire command. The fire was reported at 23:13 on Thursday 10 September in open ground near Ložišća, a village of stone houses on the road between Nerežišća and Milna. A strong southerly wind pushed it towards Ložišća and Bobovišća during the night; firefighters defended every house. By Saturday morning HVZ put the burned area at around 1,500 hectares of grass, low scrub, macchia and pine forest, and the estimate of the local commander is higher. The fire is still active on its southern sector, where it has been moving towards the Blaca hermitage and the outskirts of Milna.

At 11:00 on Saturday 176 firefighters with 53 vehicles were on the island, reinforced from the counties of Split-Dalmatia, Šibenik-Knin, Zadar, Istria, Primorje-Gorski kotar and Lika-Senj; 44 more firefighters with 16 vehicles stood ready at Vučevica on the mainland. Four Canadair CL-415 water bombers and three Air Tractor Fire Boss aircraft have been flying since Friday morning. Crews worked through the night from Friday to Saturday, the second night in a row, and the wind kept changing direction.

The night of the evacuation that did not happen

In the early hours of Friday the fire came close enough to Bobovišća that the county command prepared to take residents off by sea from Bobovišća na Moru to Sutivan, with boats of the Split harbour master's office, the mountain rescue service HGSS and the maritime police standing by. By 3:30 the crews had pushed the fire back and nobody had to board; residents waited on the waterfront until it was clear. In the night from Friday to Saturday workers were taken off a fish farm in Maslinova bay as the fire approached. On Saturday the county command said there is currently no need to evacuate residents.

Roads, power and ferries

• The local road between Ložišća and Nerežišća was closed on Friday and a local power line was switched off, according to the national operations centre report for 10 and 11 September. HAK's road report at 12:08 on Saturday lists no closure on Brač, but the roads on the western side towards Milna can be closed again at short notice while the fire is active; ask before you drive.
• Ferries: Jadrolinija's notices contain no change for the Brač lines as of Saturday noon. The car ferry Split to Supetar (line 631) and the ferry Makarska to Sumartin on the east of the island are sailing to timetable.
• Supetar, Sutivan, Postira, Pučišća, Bol and Sumartin are outside the fire area. Milna is the port closest to it; the fire was moving in its direction on Saturday.
• The Blaca hermitage (Pustinja Blaca), the monastery museum in the gorge south of Ložišća, lies in the threatened sector. Do not attempt the trails to it until the fire is out.

If you are on Brač

• Keep out of the western part of the island between Nerežišća, Ložišća, Bobovišća and Milna. Every car on those roads is in the way of a fire engine.
• Smoke drifts with the wind across the island and towards Split. Close windows, and people with asthma should keep their medication to hand.
• No open fire of any kind outdoors, no barbecue, no cigarette butt out of the car window. The ban along the coast stays until the autumn rains.
• Do not fly a drone anywhere near the fire: the water bombers fly low and have to stop when a drone is reported.
• 193 is the fire brigade, 112 the general emergency number. HVZ publishes the coastal fire report daily at hvz.gov.hr.

Other fires since our last report

Trpanj on Pelješac: a fire on difficult ground above the village started at 10:52 on 10 September; 12 firefighters, a fire boat and one Canadair brought it under control, and crews are still damping down. Plano near Trogir: 52 hectares on 6 September, extinguished. Perković in Šibenik-Knin county: 145 hectares by 6 September, with smoke and ash carried as far as Kaštela. Dicmo (6 hectares) and Biokovsko Selo (6.75 hectares) burned on the same day. On Dinara the cross-border fire from Bosnia and Herzegovina stayed active for days without threatening anything. In Lika, a fire on Plješevica near Željava was localised at 12:38 on 10 September with two Canadairs, and in Istria crews kept watch over the Šumber fire ground near Sveta Nedelja.

The rain that flooded Split on Friday morning, 77 litres per square metre in an hour, did not put the Brač fire out: the island burned through Friday night. The fire season on the coast is not over. This report follows our status of 3 September and will be followed by a new one when the Brač fire is declared out or spreads again.