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Larnaca mayor says oil storage unit blaze caused by negligence Energy

Larnaca mayor says oil storage unit blaze caused by negligence

May 12th, 2018 The fire service put out a blaze at an oil storage unit in Larnaca on Saturday afternoon, inciting the mayor’s criticism of the company, whose negligence he claimed caused the fire. “I am tired of repeating the same things,” said Larnaca mayor Andreas Vyras, adding that the fire occurred due to the company’s...
Discarded cigarette butt likely cause of fire Cyprus

Discarded cigarette butt likely cause of fire

May 2nd, 2018 A total of 32 donums of agricultural land and 25 olive trees were burnt by a fire believed to have been caused by a cigarette butt thrown by a passing car near the Kalo Horio roundabout in Larnaca, police said on Wednesday. The blaze broke out at around 11 am in a field located near the Kalo Horio roundabout, which was put out by the...
Fire at Paphos landfill Cyprus

Fire at Paphos landfill

April 26th, 2018 Authorities were on standby throughout the night monitoring a fire that broke out at a landfill in Marathounda, Paphos. The fire began at around 5pm. The operator of the landfill has deployed diggers to the site, ready to cover with dirt the burning municipal waste at first light on Friday.  
Paphos school fire caused by arson Cyprus

Paphos school fire caused by arson

April 2nd, 2018 A fire which broke out at an elementary school in Paphos on Sunday evening has been caused by arson. According to police, the fire at Neapolis street was detected at 7.15pm and extinguished by fire fighters. Police officers and the fire services concluded that car tyres were placed outside the school’s lavatories and set on...
Man injured in truck fire (updated) Cyprus

Man injured in truck fire (updated)

March 31st, 2018 A man was injured early on Saturday after a fire broke out in a tanker truck in Larnaca during maintenance work. Police said they were notified about the fire in the truck on the premises of Petrolina fuel company on the Dhekelia road. The fire service put out the blaze before it spread. The tank, which usually carries gas, was...
Leaked confidential memo on Nicosia court fire says no foul play Cyprus

Leaked confidential memo on Nicosia court fire says no foul play

March 29th, 2018 By Elias Hazou There is no evidence of foul play in the fire that engulfed building 4 of the courts complex on the morning of February 26, according to a report compiled by authorities. Daily Politis secured a copy of a confidential memo sent to parliament by the police and describing the causes of the blaze. The memo states...
Large fire at Kotsiatis landfill Cyprus

Large fire at Kotsiatis landfill

March 27th, 2018 A large fire broke out at the Kotsiatis landfill at approximately 4:30pm, Cyprus Fire Service spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Tuesday. He added that the fire is contained to the area, and no homes are in danger, but dark smoke was visible from the motorway. Kettis said two fire engines went to the scene, along with an excavator to...
Landfill trial evidence destroyed in February’s Nicosia court fire Cyprus

Landfill trial evidence destroyed in February’s Nicosia court fire

March 22nd, 2018 The Nicosia criminal court on Thursday confirmed that a number of evidentiary documents pertaining to an ongoing trial were destroyed in the fire that engulfed a court building last month. The reveal was made in the courtroom during the latest hearing in the corruption case involving the Koshi and Paphos landfills. The judge in the...
False fire alarm prompts evacuations at UCy campus Cyprus

False fire alarm prompts evacuations at UCy campus

March 15th, 2018 Halls were evacuated on Thursday morning on the University of Cyprus Nicosia campus after a false fire alarm, the fire service said. The evacuation took place after smoke detectors were activated in the basement of one of the campus buildings during maintenance work. According to fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis, some rooms...
Residents evacuated after bar fire Cyprus

Residents evacuated after bar fire

March 14th, 2018 An apartment building in the centre of Nicosia was evacuated early on Wednesday after a fire started at a bar on its ground floor. The fire service was alerted at around 3.20am about the fire inside a bar, located on the corner of Stasandrou and Annis Komninis streets, which was closed at the time. The blaze was put out by three fire...
Fire kills 24 people in drug treatment centre in Azerbaijan Asia

Fire kills 24 people in drug treatment centre in Azerbaijan

March 2nd, 2018 A fire killed 24 people in a drug abuse treatment centre in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, its General Prosecutor's office said on Friday. Eldar Sultanov, spokesman for the office, said 31 people had been rescued during the incident. Azeri officials said the fire had probably been caused by a problem in the power network of...
Ayia Napa fire destroys hair salon Cyprus

Ayia Napa fire destroys hair salon

February 28th, 2018 A fire which destroyed a hair salon in Ayia Napa and extensively damaged five adjacent shops on Wednesday morning was not caused by arson, preliminary investigations concluded. The fire started at a hair salon in Nissi avenue at approximately 4am and quickly spread to three clothes shops, a souvenir shop and an ice cream...
Fire in Tochni damages two homes (Updated) Cyprus

Fire in Tochni damages two homes (Updated)

February 28th, 2018 Two houses were damaged, one of them extensively, by a fire most likely caused by arson in Tochni on Tuesday evening. Losses to the badly-damaged building, whose occupants were absent at the time, are estimated at around €150,000 by the owner, the 59-year-old community leader of the village. The blaze spread to another house 30...
Court fire investigation ‘to be completed by week end’ (update 2) Cyprus

Court fire investigation ‘to be completed by week end’ (update 2)

February 27th, 2018 Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou visited the Nicosia criminal court on Tuesday following a fire the previous day, where he met the director of the department of public works, the head of the fire service, the chairman of the Cyprus bar association and the head of the district courts to make plans to return the court to normal as soon as...
No sign of foul play so far in court blaze (Update 4) Cyprus

No sign of foul play so far in court blaze (Update 4)

February 26th, 2018 Authorities said on Monday they did not find any visible signs of foul play, as an early morning fire caused extensive damage to one of the buildings housing the district and criminal courts in Nicosia. Fire service and police investigators said no signs of foul play were detected initially but have not ruled out anything as the probe...
Son sets family home on fire after argument with his dad Cyprus

Son sets family home on fire after argument with his dad

February 4th, 2018 A house in Frenaros in the Famagusta district was extensively damaged by fire on Saturday after the son of the owner set it alight following a quarrel with his father in which he was beaten and injured. According to police, around 6pm, they received a call about the fire at the home of a 46-year-old expat in the village. ...
Fire causes extensive damage Cyprus

Fire causes extensive damage

January 17th, 2018 The auxiliary kitchen and boiler room of a house in Xylofagou in Larnaca were extensively damaged on Tuesday night by a fire caused by a pot forgotten on a lit stove. Two fire engines were called in at around 10 pm to put out the fire that had erupted in the ground-floor auxiliary kitchen of the two-storey house. Smoke also caused...
Explosion on Iranian oil tanker forces rescue team to retreat Asia

Explosion on Iranian oil tanker forces rescue team to retreat

January 10th, 2018 Rescue crews were forced to retreat from a stricken Iranian oil tanker in the East China Sea on Wednesday following an explosion on the ship as a fire raged for a fourth day after a dramatic collision. The blast happened on board the tanker in the afternoon after rescue crews were dousing the ship with foam in an attempt to put...
India rooftop restaurant fire kills 14 during birthday party Asia

India rooftop restaurant fire kills 14 during birthday party

December 29th, 2017 Fire swept through a rooftop restaurant in the Indian financial hub of Mumbai early on Friday, killing at least 14 people, most of them women attending a birthday party, including the celebrant who had just turned 28, police and family said. The fire department received a call about the blaze in a commercial building in the Kamala...
Children save their mother from fire Cyprus

Children save their mother from fire

December 18th, 2017 A woman who caught fire while trying to remove faulty heaters that had started a fire in their flat was saved on Sunday afternoon by her children. According to the fire service at 4.33 on Sunday afternoon they received a call about a fire on the second floor of a three story building in a refugee housing estate in Strovolos. Two...
Building evacuated after motorbike catches fire Cyprus

Building evacuated after motorbike catches fire

December 14th, 2017 A two-storey Limassol apartment building was evacuated early Thursday morning due to fumes and heavy smoke from a fire that erupted on a motorcycle that was parked outside the building. The fire erupted at around 1am when a motorcycle that belongs to a 41-year-old man, and which was parked outside the front entrance of the building on...
Residents evacuated after fire breaks out Cyprus

Residents evacuated after fire breaks out

October 7th, 2017 A four-storey apartment building was evacuated early Saturday in Nicosia after smoke from a fire that burnt a car and a motorcycle parked in the building’s parking lot threatened the health or residents. According to the fire service, the blaze erupted at around 3.50am setting light to a car and a motorcycle that were in an open-air...
Fire causes damages to bird farm Cyprus

Fire causes damages to bird farm

October 2nd, 2017 A fire on Sunday night caused damages to the pumping station at the Paradisiotis bird farm in Ora. According to the police, at around 10pm on Sunday night the station in Lefkara was informed of a fire. The fire was brought under control by members of the Civil Defence stationed in Ora and firemen from EMAK Kofinou. The damages...
Kivides fire under control Cyprus

Kivides fire under control

September 22nd, 2017 The fire which broke out on Thursday evening outside the village of Kivides, Limassol, was put under control by 2.15am on Friday, the authorities said. The fire started just after 8pm west of the village in hard-to-reach terrain which made the work of the firefighters difficult. Fighting the blaze was made even harder by strong...
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