A firefighter was injured on Monday while fighting the blaze that started on Friday in the Alassa area of Limassol.

Fire services spokesman Andreas Kettis said the fireman was injured in the Apaisia area.

He was taken by ambulance to hospital but Kettis said “I don’t believe it is anything to worry about”.

Also, Kettis said a failure occurred in the bucket of one the helicopters fighting the fire.

He said the helicopter has been sent to have the fault fixed and then it will return to fighting the fire.