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The two individuals suspected of attempted arson in the Kornos forest earlier this month are scheduled to appear before the Larnaca criminal court in a trial in October, the Larnaca ...

A group of young picnickers was caught lighting charcoal on Sunday in Akamas and was reprimanded by the forestry department, while in a separate case a man in Koutrafas is ...

Safety in aerial firefighting missions should be the top priority and continuously improved, aviation expert Chrysanthos Hadjichrysanthou said following a recent firefighting helicopter accident in Greece in which two people ...

Fires over the past few days were caused by human activity and could have been avoided, the forestry department said on Tuesday, calling on the public to be extremely careful ...

A fire broke out in a car which was parked in a field in the Larnaca district, fire brigade spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Sunday. He said the fire brigade ...

Those found responsible for the wildfire that broke out at the Kalo Chorio firing range last month “will be held accountable in accordance with the law”, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas ...

A fire broke out at the former Corner Pub building opposite the presidential palace in Nicosia on Wednesday, prompting an emergency response to the area. Speaking on social media, fire ...

Communities affected by the wildfire sparked at the Kalo Chorio firing range have unanimously renewed calls for the facility to be relocated. The defence ministry also pledged to cover all ...

A 26-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman were remanded in custody for eight days by Larnaca district court on Tuesday after a fire was started in a forest area in ...

A wildfire which broke out between the Limassol district villages of Lania and Limnatis was contained by firefighters, forestry department spokesman Glafkos Kyriacou said on Tuesday. He told the Cyprus ...

A fire broke out at a first-floor apartment in the Kapparis area of Famagusta district on Monday evening, causing extensive damage to the property. A neighbour who attempted to extinguish ...

Police have made a second arrest in connection with the attempted arson of a forest area in Kornos, detaining a 28-year-old woman in addition to a 26-year-old man already in ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Monday expressed the Cyprus parliament’s solidarity with Greece as devastating wildfires continue to rage across several parts of the country. In a letter to ...

The Civil Defence remains on full alert due to the prevailing high temperatures, carrying out preventive patrols across the island, spokesperson Panayiotis Liasidis said on Saturday. Liasidis said that patrols ...

Wildfires fanned by heavy winds burned across multiple areas of Greece on Saturday, including near Athens, with large-scale firefighting operations and emergency evacuations underway, while conditions worsened again in parts ...

The defence minister and the National Guard chief on Friday both apologised to residents of the area surrounding the Kalo Chorio firing range near Limassol over Monday’s fire sparked ...

A fire that extensively damaged a house in Larnaca on Thursday morning was caused by arson, the fire department said on Friday. Firefighters responded to the blaze at a residence ...

By late afternoon on Thursday firefighters brought under control a blaze that had broken out near the Limassol village of Arsos. The flames had spread through dry grass from a ...

A forest fire that broke out near Prodromi in the municipality of Polis Chrysochous on Wednesday afternoon has been brought under complete control, the forestry department said. The blaze started ...

Two homes were saved from a wildfire near Choletria in the Paphos district on Wednesday afternoon as firefighters brought the blaze under control. Choletria community president Haris Pazaros told the ...

The company responsible for developing and operating Cyprus’ CyAlert emergency warning system apologised on Wednesday after a technical failure disrupted the delivery of emergency alerts during Monday’s wildfire near ...

At the start of every summer a lot of reassuring words are spoken about Cyprus’ preparedness for fire season. More staff, more equipment, more technology and more millions are poured ...

The National Guard on Tuesday appointed Brigadier general Savvas Stefanou as criminal investigator to look into the fire at Kalo Chorio firing range on Monday afternoon, which led to a ...

A technical fault delayed the delivery of a CyAlert emergency warning during Monday’s wildfire in Larnaca district, Civil Defence said on Tuesday confirming it activated the Polyvios emergency evacuation ...