All possibilities remain open, including that of criminal activity, fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Tuesday after a fire broke out the previous evening at an electronics store in Strovolos.

Speaking to CyBC radio, he said there was “plenty of material to fuel the blaze.”

The fire started at approximately 7pm on the ground floor of a three-storey building, causing a partial closure of the busy Strovolos Avenue for several hours.

Kettis said fire service teams worked to extinguish the blaze while police assisted with traffic management and evacuated a nearby apartment building.

“The ground floor and mezzanine were on fire. During the firefighting operation, we checked whether the basement was also affected. Inside the building there were electrical appliances and office equipment,” he said.

The building includes a basement, ground floor, and mezzanine, with offices on the upper floors and the electronics store on the ground floor. Two additional fire engines were deployed to support the operation.

All staff had safely exited the building. No injuries have been reported.

Fire service and police are now investigating the cause of the fire.