An elderly couple in Limassol died after a fire broke out in their home late on Monday night.

Evangelos Vasiliou, 73 and his wife Pantelitsa Vasiliou were in their Pano Polemidia home when the fire began.

According to a police bulletin on Tuesday, the fire services managed to remove the couple from their home and they were both declared dead at Limassol general hospital.

Their 19-year-old domestic worker managed to escape unharmed.

The fire appears to have broken out in their living room and spread across the home. A short circuit in an electrical socket in the living room caused the fire, police said.