#fire

Faulty electrical appliances have led to the death of seven people so far this year, in addition to five in 2023 and four in 2024, the House commerce committee heard on Tuesday. ...

The fire department has not settled on a single cause for the deadly fire that claimed the lives of a five-member family in Limassol on February 15, it said on Tuesday. ...

Limassol municipality has postponed all carnival events scheduled for Saturday as the funerals will be held of the five family members that perished in a fire in the Ayios Nikolas ...

Over 90 per cent of fires in Cyprus last year were caused by human activity, the fire service said on Tuesday. Presenting its annual report for 2024, the fire service said a ...

The electromechanical services department was on Monday working to determine whether a fire at a house in Limassol, in which a family of five died, was caused by a short ...

The police believe that a fire which was started in a three-generation house in Paphos’ Universal area may have been started maliciously, Paphos police’s assistant operations director Michalis Nikolaou ...

The police believe there was “malicious intent” behind a fire which broke out in a high school in Limassol shortly after midnight on Saturday. The fire broke out in a ...

A 60-year-old woman is in serious condition at Nicosia general hospital after suffering burns to her face and hand from a fire that broke out on Friday in a two-storey ...

The fire brigade reported two fires involving vehicles in the Larnaca district in the early hours of Friday morning. According to fire brigade spokesman Andreas Kettis, the first fire was ...

A new wildfire that broke out north of Los Ange-les on Wednesday rapidly spread to more than 9,400 acres (38 square km), fuelled by strong winds and dry brush, forcing mandatory evacuation ...

A car caught fire outside a repair workshop in Limassol’s Ayios Ioannis area early Thursday morning.Investigations found that the fire was set maliciously, causing extensive damage to the ...

Two individuals were rushed to Larnaca general hospital on Wednesday night after inhaling smoke during a fire in their second-floor apartment. The incident occurred in a block of flats in ...

A fire erupted in the early hours of Thursday in a cluster of old two-storey houses within the walled city of Nicosia. The incident, which began at 12:38 am, appears to ...

The north on Tuesday night announced it would remain in a period of mourning until sunset on Wednesday following the deaths of 76 people in a fire in a hotel at ...

A fire broke out in a sandwich van in Limassol and initial investigations have pointed to arson. The vehicle, owned by a 25-year-old was parked on Elias Kannaourou street in ...

A fire in a car park in the Paphos district village of Emba caused “extensive damage” to a car in the early hours of Friday morning. The police say they ...

An apartment building in Larnaca was evacuated overnight as a precaution after a fire which started in a common area spread to the roof. According to the police, a sofa ...

A fire broke out at 7.15pm on Monday in a house in Episkopi village, believed to have been caused by a faulty fireplace chimney. Two fire engines arrived on site, ...

A fire broke out on a tugboat at 12.30pm on Thursday, while docked at Limassol port. The owner, who was inside the vessel at the time, inhaled smoke and was ...

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 ...

The fire brigade have responded to a total of 29 house fires since Monday, spokesman Andreas Kettis said. Speaking to CyBC radio, he said most of the fires occurred in urban ...

An unaccompanied minors facility in Larnaca was evacuated early on Tuesday morning after a fire broke out and the building filled with smoke. Fire Department spokesman Andreas Kettis said the ...

Fire at Limassol house, residents in hospital At least five people were taken to hospital after a fire broke out at 7am in their first-floor house in Apostolos Andreas neighbourhood ...

Experts will be entering Paphos’ desalination plant for investigations if deemed safe after the building was cleared out on Tuesday. Paphos police’s Michalis Nicolaou said the building was still ...