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Over 250 people were evacuated form a Protaras hotel after a fire started in one of the rooms on Friday night, said fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis. The fire alarm went ...

A fire raging on two fronts at the Kourdaka community in Paphos was put under control on Monday, with firefighters set to stay on scene overnight for extra safety. Around 10 ...

Two children have escaped largely unharmed after a fire broke out in their home in Lakatamia on Monday. According to the fire brigade, the fire began at about 9:10am in ...

Four buses were destroyed in a fire on Tuesday evening, that plunged Aglandjia in a plume of smoke. The flames were under control shortly before 10pm, around an hour and ...

Firefighters from both sides helped brings a fire that broke out on Saturday afternoon near the buffer zone in Dherynia under partial control. “[It] has been contained and there remains ...

Nearly two years after the catastrophic fires of July 2021, which left four dead and forced the evacuation of ten villages, a 69-year-old man was sentenced to eight years in jail ...

No scientific data or testimonies have emerged to show a large fire at the Russian cultural centre in Nicosia was arson, the police said on Wednesday. The fire in late ...

A fire that broke out on Saturday at 3pm near the village of Kathikas in Paphos was still not under control three hours later, authorities said. Crews from the forestry ...

A 67-year-old man was on Wednesday found guilty of causing the catastrophic fires of July 2021 which left four dead and forced the evacuation of ten villages. Limassol criminal court found ...

Two women were hospitalised for smoke inhalation after a house fire in Tersefanou in the Larnaca district at Friday lunchtime. A lit candle in a bedroom of a residence in ...

Authorities arrested two more suspects, aged 37 and 29, on suspicion of causing a fire in Tochni earlier this week. For the same case, a 51-year-old man was also arrested on Wednesday, ...

A minor flare-up of the large fire that broke out in Tochni on Wednesday was brought under control on Thursday morning, according to fire service spokesperson Andreas Kettis. Speaking to ...

Firefighters are on alert in the Akamas peninsula on Friday after bringing a forest fire under full control in an area within the Akamas National Forest Park on Friday afternoon. ...

A fire in Limnitis appears to have been caused by a spark between electricity cables, reports from the north said on Saturday. The fire had broken out at around 1pm ...

The fire in occupied Limnitis eased slightly late on Friday, according to the head of the Forestry Department, Charalambos Alexandrou. Alexandrou told CyBC radio that the fire has not yet ...

Police arrested two people to help investigations into the fire which broke out at noon on Thursday in a rural area near the villages of Monagrouli and Pentakomo in Limassol. ...

The fire department said on Saturday its report into the fire at the Russian Cultural Centre in Nicosia on Wednesday would be ready on Tuesday. Spokesman Andreas Kettis, said by ...

Russia’s foreign ministry’s spokesperson Maria Zakharova on Friday praised Cyprus’ authorities for the way they handled the incident over the fire at the Russian cultural centre in Nicosia ...

By Andria Kades and Elias Hazou Authorities on Thursday said investigations were still ongoing over the fire at the Russian cultural centre in Nicosia a day earlier, although a media ...

State secondary school teachers’ union Oelmek on Wednesday called for immediate measures to protect schools following the latest fire at a high school in Nicosia on Tuesday night. “Oelmek condemns ...

A large fire at the Russian cultural centre in Nicosia was the result of foul play, a Russian official said on Wednesday. The blaze has been extinguished, the fire service ...

The UN peacekeeping forces in Cyprus have begun their training on fire safety ahead of this year’s summer season. In a post on Twitter the UN in Cyprus said ...

The first phase of the government action plan on fire prevention will be ready by May 1, in time for this year’s fire season, Justice Minister Anna Koukkides-Procopiou said on ...

Fireman rescued five people and two pets from a blaze at a Nicosia apartment building late on Friday night, they said. Spokesman Andreas Kettis, said in a post on Twitter ...