#fire

The fire services brought under control a fire that broke out in the Akoursos community in the Paphos district and spread into the yards of three houses, fire service spokesman ...

Firefighters and police officers participated in a practical fire investigation training programme with a special emphasis on arson with British experts which took place for the first time in Cyprus. ...

Forestry department personnel on Wednesday announced they would be staging a three-hour work stoppage on Thursday over understaffing and would protest outside the finance ministry followed by a march to ...

Authorities are investigating 12 fires that broke out almost simultaneously in remote areas in the Paphos district on Sunday, with preliminary findings suggesting that these were not coincidental but deliberate, fire ...

Strong winds made making a fire in an inaccessible area near Psathi in Paphos difficult to tackle but it was brought under control by 6pm, fire services said on Sunday ...

A 26-year-old man was remanded for five days by Limassol district court on Sunday after fires started at two different points in the village of Pyrgos on Saturday night. At ...

Several fires that erupted over the last two weeks in the Akamas national park area were likely man-made, according to a report compiled by the forestry department, which said the ...

A fire near Lofou in Limassol, was brought under control after burning three hectares of wild vegetation and and trees, the fire service said Monday. The blaze broke out at ...

The forestry department on Monday called on people active in the Akamas such as shepherds and hunters to avoid lighting fires after a blaze in a ravine close to the ...

Υeri residents were warned to stay indoors on Tuesday after a fire broke out at a scrap metal factory in the area. Fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis said it would ...

The forestry department on Saturday said burning piles of grass was the cause of a forest fire in Mitsero that was put under control around noon. Four firefighters responded to ...

A fire near the village of Tala, in Paphos, burned around eight hectares of dry grass, wild vegetation, and trees, the fire service said on Friday. The fire broke out ...

A drone was used on Saturday to locate a fire in a rural area while a 70-year-old man was also seen with it lighting a fire. According to a police ...

A fire that broke out around noon on Saturday between Tochni and Choirokitia was brought under control a few hours later after burning four hectares of dry brush, wild vegetation ...

Firefighters managed to bring a wildfire in Paphos, between the village of Nata and Kelokedara, under control on Friday afternoon, the fire service said. According to fire service spokesman Andreas ...

The mayor of Ypsonas, in Limassol, suggested Thursday that a morning fire at an industrial area had been set deliberately. Pandelis Georgiou said 20 incidents had been recorded in Ayios Sylas ...

Captain Stelios Kotzikas, the Republic of Cyprus Forestry Department’s Aerial Fire Fighting Unit Chief Pilot, has paid tribute to a working relationship with the Bases that dates back to 1983. ...

A fire which raged in the Paphos district on Sunday was put under control, with firefighters putting up a fight for about three hours. According to fire services spokesman Andreas ...

A woman’s plea after suffering smoke inhalation after saving 17 dogs from one of this week’s many fires The recent fires that have ravaged large swathes of the countryside ...

Firefighters on Thursday brought under control a blaze – the third during the day – in the area of Polis Chrysochous, near the village of Prodromi, after the flames at one point ...

Officials agreed Thursday that stricter, more flexible, and immediate legislation must be put in place to punish activities that cause catastrophic fires before they became a problem, Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides ...

The fire that broke out in the industrial area of Agios Silas in Limassol on Thursday at 10.30am, prompting the fire department to dispatch four fire trucks, two helicopters and ...

Cyprus on Thursday will be on red alert for forest fires, the forestry department said on Wednesday, calling on the public to be particularly careful, as strong winds up to ...

The fire in the Paphos villages of Yiolou and Simou which saw some residents evacuated on Sunday evening was started by human hand, fire services spokesman Andreas Kettis said on ...