#fire

Fire prevention and management measures are to be stepped up in the light of expected increases due to climate change, Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos said on Tuesday. He said the ...

The large fire in Akrounta, which burned over six square kilometres of Limassol state forest, was on Monday said to be under complete control following two nights of firefighting efforts. ...

The large fire in the Akrounta area of Limassol is now manageable, authorities said on Sunday afternoon as light rain began to fall in the area, raising hopes of totally ...

The dangerous fire raging in the Akrounda area had veered out of control on Saturday, as the flames spread to the state forest area. President Nicos Christodoulides was making his ...

A house in Oroklini and two vehicles caught on fire on Wednesday. According to a statement from the fire service, around 6.05am the Larnaca fire station responded to the alert ...

By Koulla Michael Is it humans, is it nature, is it climate change? Wildfires have become a massive destroyer of natural areas. Every year is worse than the previous and ...

A decision-making meeting over Cyprus’ fires will be held next month, at the behest of President Nikos Christodoulides, it emerged on Monday. According to Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos who met ...

The Cypriot firefighting mission in Greece will focus on battling blazes in the Dadias region in Evros as of Monday. The Cypriot team had been focusing on fires in the ...

The Cypriot firefighting mission in Greece has been moved to a different area after battling fires in Parnitha until late at night on Friday. The 31-member team is now operating ...

An Intercity bus burst into flames at Limassol port on Friday, forcing three passengers to jump out of the windows to escape the fire. The vehicle was parked but operating, ...

A fire in a parked car after midnight on Friday morning resulted in extensive damages to the vehicle. According to the fire department, the car, parked in a garage in ...

Cyprus will be sending to aircraft to help battle fires in Alexandroupolis, Greece, Forestry Department spokesman Giorgos Constantinou said on Monday. Cyprus will be sending two air tractors. Four people ...

The fire services sought to inform the public on Sunday that a fire drill would be taking place at the US embassy in Engomi on Monday. Expected fracas in the ...

A total of 12 hunters were reported on Sunday, as hunting season began. According to the state broadcaster, eleven of them were reported for hunting in a prohibited area, while the ...

A dry cleaner’s in Larnaca suffered extensive damage in a fire on Friday morning, the fire department said. Just before 9am, the fire brigade responded to the call that ...

A fire that broke out on Thursday afternoon in a building next to at an paint factory in the area of ​​Pera Chorio Nisou in the Nicosia district was due ...

A fire was raging at the Alassa area just outside Limassol on Monday with authorities fighting the flames at the scene. The fire service said it responded to a fire ...

Part of the Metropolis Mall in Larnaca was evacuated on Monday morning following a small fire inside one of the stores, the fire service said. The call came at 10.41 am. ...

The fire department said on Monday that over the past three days from 6am on August 11 to 6am on Monday it had responded to 83 calls for help, 41 fires, 33 special services ...

A fire broke out in Goudi village, near Polis on Saturday afternoon, burning dry grass, wild vegetation and a number of trees. The fire services responded with seven fire trucks ...

Relentless heatwave saw a tough start to the summer This summer has been especially tough for fires, with 70 blazes breaking out in July alone – double the long-term average for the ...

The close cooperation between Cyprus and Israel was reaffirmed on Tuesday by Justice Minister Anna Procopiou after she met Israel’s Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir at the coordination ...

Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos said the blaze in the area of Alassa, near Limassol, has been contained, though a few flareups persist. “Aerial water drops are being carried out regularly ...

Electricity has been “almost completely restored” in the areas impacted by the fires in the Alassa region, according to the Cyprus Electricity Authority (EAC). They say that there are just ...