Brač fire, status 14 Sept 2026: under control, Bol out, Sevid localised

Status as of Monday 14 September 2026, midday. The fire that started above Ložišća late on 10 September and reached the bays at Milna in the night of 12 to 13 September is under control but not yet declared out. In the night from Sunday to Monday 223 firefighters with 69 vehicles stayed on the ground, working the edges and the hot spots; the county fire commander Ivan Kovačević said on Monday morning that the situation on Brač is very good, that there was a strong wind but no re-activation of the fire, and that if the conditions hold, part of the forces will be released during the day. Two Air Tractor AT-802 aircraft were requested to fly over Brač and Sevid and drop water if anything shows. The Croatian Firefighting Association (HVZ) still lists the burned area as not yet assessed; the Supetar commander's estimate of about 3,500 hectares from Sunday stands as the working figure.

Sunday's three other fires

• Bol, Brač: the fire in the pine forest above the town, reported at 15:45 on Sunday (portals gave 14:30), was put out the same day by crews pulled from the Ložišća fire and one Canadair CL-415. No buildings were threatened. Bol and Zlatni rat are open as usual.
• Sevid, municipality of Marina, between Trogir and Rogoznica: reported at 16:11 on Sunday, 20 hectares of grass and macchia. 95 firefighters with 29 vehicles from the Split-Dalmatia and Šibenik-Knin brigades, three Canadairs and an Air Tractor diverted from Brač brought it under control by 19:00 and localised it at 21:15; 23 firefighters kept watch overnight.
• Grebaštica, south of Šibenik: a small fire near the village of Brnjača at 14:07 on Sunday, 0.21 hectares, out by 17:31 with 22 firefighters and two drops from a Canadair.
• Kaštel Sućurac: the warehouse of a garden centre burned from 17:33 on Sunday; 73 firefighters with 26 vehicles localised it at 21:30, two firefighters were hurt. Dr. Franje Tuđmana street through the town was closed during the fire; HAK's report at 11:04 on Monday lists no closure there any more.

Sunday was the heaviest day of the week for the fire service: 93 interventions across the country, 837 firefighters, 274 vehicles and 13 aircraft, seven of them over Brač alone.

The Gava resort: 400 people out, the buildings badly hit

The place that took the worst of Saturday night is the Gava Waterman Milna Resort in the bays west of Milna. Its operator, SVPETRVS hoteli, said on Sunday that about 400 guests and staff were evacuated from the complex, that nobody among them was hurt, and that its teams were finding the guests other rooms on the island or organising their journeys home; the whole focus, the company said, is on looking after the evacuated. HVZ had listed only the resort's auxiliary buildings as burned; photographs from Monday show the resort badly devastated. The tourism minister said in Milna on Sunday that the government will help both the tourists to get home and the municipality to rebuild.

What this means on Monday

• Ferries and roads: Jadrolinija's notices carry no change for the Brač lines, and HAK lists no closure on the island as of 11:04. The road from Nerežišća to Milna passes through the fire ground; drive it only if you have to, slowly, and expect crews and hoses.
• Milna is open, its harbour and the town itself were defended. The bays of Duboka, Lučice and Osibova west of it are the burned zone; the resort there is closed. If you have a booking in the area for the coming days, call ahead, the operator is rebooking guests.
• Bol, Supetar, Sutivan, Postira, Pučišća, Sumartin and the beaches around them are working normally. Smoke from the smouldering ground still drifts with the wind; people with asthma should carry their medication.
• The Blaca hermitage and the trails on the western hills stay off limits until HVZ declares the fire out. The ban on open fire outdoors remains in force along the whole coast.

This is the third report in the series after 12 and 13 September. The next one comes when HVZ declares the Brač fire extinguished, or if the wind turns the picture again.