Firefighters have been battling a blaze between Paphos villages Stroumbi and Kili through the night and by daybreak on Monday they had managed to extinguish all active fronts.

Fire department spokesman Andreas Kettis said the fire had burned an area of about 75 hectares.

He added that it would not be necessary to bring in help from abroad to put the fire out.

“The situation with the fire is much better. The firefighting forces were working all through the night,” Kettis said.

Teams from the fire department, forestry department and game fund were all operating in the area.

He added that a drone equipped with a thermal camera had been flying over the area on Sunday night, recording fires, which were then put out by the firefighting teams.

Some small fires are still burning in ravines and efforts are ongoing to put them out.

Three firefighting planes and a helicopter rejoined the efforts early on Monday morning.

Kettis said the forces would not be leaving the area until the fire was completely extinguished and there was no danger of it reigniting.