Fire near Alethriko affects visibility for motorists
A fire that broke out in an area near the village of Alethriko in the Larnaca district, is affecting visibility on the Larnaca-Limassol motorway, police said on Friday.
According to ...
Fires in north finally ended with help from rain (Update 4)
By Sarah Ktisti and Nick Theodoulou
All fires in the north were finally extinguished in the early hours thanks in part to heavy rain that hit parts of the island ...
Firefighters back at the scene of Kantara blaze (Update 4)
Firefighting operations resumed early on Friday morning in the north’s Kantara area as flare-ups during the previous night reignited on two fronts.
Helicopters were the first to the scene ...
Kotsiatis fire under control despite strong winds (Updated)
The fire that broke out in the Kotsiatis area on Wednesday after noon and later spread outside the former landfill was put under control later in the day according to ...
Villages evacuated as fire keeps blazing in the north (Update 5)
The villages of Flamoudi and Ardana in the north were evacuated by Turkish Cypriot authorities in the early hours of Thursday after a huge fire broke out in Kantara, on ...
Man arrested in connection with fire near state forest
A 33-year-old man is under arrest in connection with a fire which broke out at 10pm on Monday near the village of Dierona in the Limassol district, adjacent to the ...
Brush fire in Xylofagou under control
A thousand square metres of scrubland turned to ashes by a fire that broke out on Friday afternoon in an area near Xylofagou.
A written statement from the forestry department ...
Employees of environment department ‘won’t be scapegoats’ for every wrong policy, union says
The union representing employees of the environment department on Thursday slammed the “unfair” targeting of staff over the fire at a tyre storage area near Vasiliko on Saturday that went ...
Vasiliko responds after minister said big number of stored tyres contributed to fire (Updated)
By Antigoni Pita and Gina Agapiou
Vasiliko cement works on Wednesday said it processed 4.5 million tyres between 2016-2021 after Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis referred to an overloaded tyre storage area ...
Vasiliko fire caused by mobile unit’s malfunction, shredding company says
Enerco Energy Recovery Ltd a company affiliated with the Vasiliko cement factory has said the fire that broke out on Saturday in the storage area for cutting of old tyres ...
Fire at tyre processing centre under control, residents furious (Update 1)
A fire that broke out on Saturday afternoon in an open area filled with old tyres at a processing centre for Vasilikos, was brought under control before midnight, the interior ...
Blaze in tyre storage area caused by shredder malfunction (Update 2 with video)
A fire broke out on Saturday afternoon in an open area filled with old tyres at a processing centre for Vasilikos, between the villages of Kalavasos and Mari, mobilising the ...
Firefighters still working to put out deadly Bangladesh container blaze
Firefighters were still working on Sunday to put out a massive blaze that killed at least 41 people at a container depot in southeast Bangladesh, the latest incident highlighting the country’...
Katydata fire under control
A fire, which broke out at 7.20pm in an area of Katydata village in the Nicosia district, was brought under full control at 8pm after burning an area of 2 decares ...
Fire in Panagra caused by damaged power lines
Friday’s fire near Panagra in Kormakitis in the north was the result of damage caused to power lines by a garbage truck according to electricity workers.
“In the on-scene ...
Large fires near homes in two villages (updated)
The fire service on Monday afternoon responded to large fires in the Nicosia and Larnaca districts.
Fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis reported that around 2.15pm a fire broke out between ...
Fire destroys parked car in Paphos
The police and fire service have launched an investigation after a vehicle caught fire on Sunday morning.
According to a police spokesman, the fire broke out at 3.30am on a ...
Fire near Kormakitis largely under control (Update 2)
A fire which broke out earlier in the afternoon at Panagra (Geçitköy) is now largely under control, while crews continued to work intensively on extinguishing the blaze, authorities ...
Tseri Avenue fire under control (Updated)
A fire off Tseri Avenue in Strovolos, Nicosia is under control, fire services spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Twitter on Wednesday.
He said the fire had burned dry grass and ...
Maintenance on Pedoulas church sparks blaze, fire brigade bring it under control
A fire that broke out at the local church in Pedoulas has been brought under control by firefighters on Thursday afternoon.
“The fire is under control. It was put out ...
Factory fire doused within two hours (updated, videos)
A fire that broke out on Tuesday afternoon at a factory in Nisou was brought under control around two hours later after burning around six hectares, the fire service said.
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Two years jail for man who caused fire near forest
A 27-year-old man was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday for causing a fire near a state forest in Limassol on July 3, 2021.
According to the Limassol criminal court’...
Six residents of Pournara hospitalised with burns after fire (Updated)
A second blaze was reported at Pournara reception centre on Wednesday evening following the hospitalisation of six asylum seekers who suffered burns following another fire earlier in the day.
Police ...
Fire service fighting blaze in Larnaca apartment building
Five fire trucks were on Tuesday night at the scene of a blaze which appears to be centred on the fifth floor of an apartment building on Makarios Avenue in ...