#Forest 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 ...

2022 has been the most successful in terms of fire management and prevention efforts for decades, the forestry department said Monday. Of the 179 fires that broke out on lands managed by ...

A forest fire that broke out on Wednesday afternoon in Aradippou community was partially controlled by later the same night. Forest department officers and firefighters will be on site to ...

With the hunting season kicking off on Sunday, the forestry department on Thursday called on hunters to be especially careful when in forest areas. The department called for the complete ...

Lit coals caused the fire in Pedoulas on Wednesday evening which was swiftly brought under control by six firefighters and two firetrucks. The incident has been reported to the police ...

A forest fire in the village of Sia was brought under full control after it burned a small area of dry grass, the Forestry Department said Tuesday. According to the ...

A forest fire that broke out late on Tuesday afternoon in an area near the Machairas national forest park, in Kapedes, was fully under control, the Forestry Department said. According ...

Monday marks the start of Forest Protection Week, which will feature a series of event aimed at raising public awareness regarding the protection of forests, the forestry department said on ...

The forest fire which broke out in the Moniatis area of Limassol district on Sunday has been brought under complete control, an announcement of the forestry department said. The fire, ...

Nine out of ten forest fires are caused by human factors, director of the Forestry Department Petros Petrou said on Monday. He said that 2000 to 2020 a total of 1,068 fires were ...