#wildfire

The fire chief had warned a year ago of the dangers of wildfires and how the system is ill-equipped to deal with them, according to a confidential transcript from a ...

The event industry of Cyprus is coming together led by The Warehouse by IT Quarter, in collaboration with charity eco-organisation City Friends Club and the family of Anna and Alexey ...

The forestry department issued a red alert for wildfire risk on Wednesday, according to an announcement released on Tuesday. The department stressed that starting a fire is a criminal offence, ...

Two compensation proposals for farmers affected by last week’s wildfires will be presented to the cabinet on Wednesday, the agriculture ministry said on Monday. The first proposal is set ...

A 37-year-old Greek Cypriot man was arrested shortly after midnight on Sunday while driving near Prodromos village, found in possession of dangerous items including a flare and firecrackers. Police are ...

A wildfire which broke out between the Kyrenia district villages of Ayios Amvrosios and Charkeia on Friday has been brought under control. Turkish Cypriot Ayios Epiktitos and Ayios Amvrosios mayor ...

As winds are expected to gradually pick up again on Friday, firefighting forces remain in place and on alert to manage the situation, after the raging wildfire that started on ...

An early warning system alerting people to the risk of fire near them was not activated during the devastating conflagration this week as Cyprus has no such system in place. ...

The new wildfire breaking out in the Paphos district on Thursday appeared to be in remission by early afternoon, but local authorities advised residents to remain on alert. The blaze ...

Villages in the Limassol district on Thursday began to count the cost of the wildfire which tore through the district on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Vouni village mukhtar Mattheos ...

Parts of the Paphos district were left without power on Sunday afternoon after a wildfire broke out near the village of Steni. Steni itself was left without power, along with ...

Turkish authorities arrested ten suspects in relation to wildfires that broke out across the country over the past week, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Friday. The wildfires killed at ...

Firefighters battled for a third day on Friday to put out a wildfire on the Greek island of Crete that has razed forests and olive groves and forced thousands of ...

Hundreds of firefighters battled a blaze Thursday on Crete island, which burnt swathes of forest and olive groves and forced the evacuation of over 1,000 people, officials said, underscoring the region’...

Firefighters battled wildfires in Turkey and France on Monday as an early heatwave hit the region. In Turkey, the wildfires raged for a second day in the western province of ...

All wildfires that broke out in the Paphos district on Sunday were the result of arson, according to the Forestry Department director, Savvas Iezekiel. Speaking on CyBC radio, Iezekiel confirmed ...

Hundreds of firefighters battled for a third day to contain wildfires on the Greek island of Chios on Tuesday that have torn through swathes of forest and farmland and forced ...

Dozens of firefighters battled to tame wildfires fanned by strong winds on the Greek island of Chios in the northeastern Aegean Sea for a second day on Monday as authorities ...

A senior European commission official on Wednesday called on Cyprus to boost its involvement in wildfire prevention programmes, warning of growing risks as the Mediterranean braces for another scorching summer. ...

Smoke from wildfires burning in three Canadian provinces is spreading into the US Upper Midwest, stirring memories of the severe pollution that drifted south from Canada two years ago during ...

The government on Friday vowed to press ahead with a “holistic and coordinated” overhaul of Cyprus’ civil protection framework, following an emergency wildfire summit chaired by President Nikos Christodoulides. “The ...

Cyprus was among the countries which Israel asked for help to combat wildfires raging near Jerusalem on Wednesday evening, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar confirmed. Sa’ar wrote in ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) has been carrying out underground cabling works for months as part of efforts to minimise the risk of wildfires, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said ...

Wildfires raging in South Korea doubled in size on Thursday from a day earlier, as authorities called the blazes the country’s worst natural fire disaster with at least 26 people ...