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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 ...

Cabinet on Monday sought to crunch down on combating and responding to fires, ahead of the dangerous summer season. To begin with, the agriculture ministry’s permanent secretary will now ...

A fire that broke up near Alassa community on Thursday morning was put under control about four hours after it started. Firefighters remained at the scene to tackle the fire ...

All the relevant services are better staffed and better equipped to deal with fires than they were last year, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday. He was speaking after ...

The fire service on Wednesday responded to a call about smoke coming from a ship docked in Larnaca Marina. According to fire service spokesman, Andreas Kettis, two fire engines, including ...

Fans at the Anorthosis-Apollon basketball semi-finals fought with police officers on Sunday, and set fire to a bus stop and offices following the match, the fire services reported. According to ...

Edek vowed that it will not kneel before the political underworld as it condemned an attack by arsonists on its office building in Tsiakkilero, Larnaca. “Behind the cowardly act, there ...

A fire that broke out in an abandoned house in Strovolos, Nicosia killed one person, and has put another man in the hospital with second degree burns, the fire services ...

A large fire that broke out on Monday morning in a furniture manufacturing company in the industrial area of northern Nicosia has been brought under control, authorities in the north ...