Ipsonas fire under control
A fire that broke out in Limassol’s Ipsonas area on Wednesday afternoon was brought under control two hours later, the fire service reported.
According to fire service spokesman Andreas ...
Fire breaks out in Nicosia rural area
A fire destroyed dry grass and vegetation in a Nicosia rural area, fireservice spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Saturday.
The fire broke out at around 2.45pm between Ayioi Trimithias and ...
Six vehicles damaged by fire
Fire caused extensive damage to six vehicles parked on a plot in Frenaros, Limassol in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The fire department said the blaze was reported at 1.55...
Increased fire risk as temperatures rise, fire services warn
Firefighters had to rush to Kaimakli in Nicosia on Tuesday morning to extinguish a fire that broke out at an outbuilding.
After receiving several calls from concerned citizens who reported ...
Two remanded over burning of police car on Holy Saturday
A further two people arrested in connection with the setting fire to a police patrol car in Limassol on Holy Saturday were remanded in police custody for five days by ...
Analiontas fire under control (Updated)
Fire fighters were able to put under control a fire near a monastery between Analiontas and Kampia in the Nicosia district around an hour after it erupted.
The blaze destroyed ...
Fire at Marathounta landfill contained
A fire broke out at in the early morning hours of Tuesday in a landfill located in the Marathountas area of Paphos.
According to police, the fire service was alerted ...
Busy night for police and firefighters, patrol car gutted by Molotov (Updated)
A police patrol car was destroyed by fire in Limassol on Saturday night when officers had a number of run-ins with people trying to set bonfires in various areas. Paphos ...
Nicosia fires under control
Two fires in Nicosia were under control on Saturday afternoon, the fire services said.
One close to the Stelios Ioannou foundation in Strovolos, Nicosia, spread across five donums of land ...
Kelia fire under control (Update 2)
A fire that broke out in the industrial area in the Larnaca district was brought under control late on Thursday, but not before it gutted a warehouse.
Fire service spokesman ...
Row breaks out in Akamas after vegetation cutback
The uprooting of bushes from a beach in the Baths of Aphrodite area was to give lifeguards better visibility of the sea, Neo Chorio community leader Andreas Christodoulou said on ...
Sections of St Hilarion castle destroyed in blaze
A fire at the centuries old Saint Hilarion castle on Pentadaktylos mountain has destroyed the roof and floor of a hall used as a cafeteria but has spared other areas, ...
In freak accident, fire guts six cars on same Larnaca street
A freak accident in the garage of a private home in Larnaca set of a chain reaction that ended with six cars being destroyed on the same street in the ...
Betting shop damaged by fire in Nicosia
A fire that broke out in the early hours of Tuesday caused extensive damage to a betting shop in Strovolos, NIcosia.
The fire brigade was called to extinguish the fire ...
One more arrest for New Year incident in Sotira
Police in the Famagusta district arrested a 23-year-old on Wednesday in connection with rioting, arson and other crimes committed shortly after midnight on January 1 in Sotira.
This is the sixth ...
Two shops damaged by fire in Paphos
Two shops that have been closed for the past three weeks, went up in flames in Paphos on Tuesday night, police said.
The fire broke out in one of the ...
Section of Nicosia-Limassol highway closed as bus catches fire (update 2)
A section of the Nicosia-Limassol motorway has closed temporarily because of a fire on a bus, police said in a message on Twitter a little after noon on Tuesday.
The ...
Forty-strong crowd set fire, attack police and firefighters
Police are investigating an incident in the Famagusta district in the early hours of Friday where around 40 people gathered, set fire to mopeds and subsequently attacked firefighters at the scene.
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