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The fire service responded to 24 fires in the last 24 hours, it reported on Wednesday morning. Among them were a fire which damaged three cars and a roof overnight in Limassol ...

Investigations into the fire that broke out last Sunday morning at a polyurethane manufacturing plant in Dromolaxia will continue on Tuesday. The body of a 63-year-old electrician who died in ...

A food packaging facility in Alethriko, in the Larnaca district, was completely destroyed by a fire that broke out on Tuesday night. According to the police, the fire ignited around 8.20...

Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos once again accused state welfare services of chronic inadequacy and illegality, following the outbreak of a fire in an accommodation centre for minors. The fire which ...

A fire in the Limassol district village of Alektora burned a total of a hectare of a half of land on Wednesday night. The land burnt was mostly forest scrub ...

The fire service said on Monday will intensify its use of drones and increase collaboration with the police after recent wildfires broke out again in the mountainous areas of Limassol. ...

Firefighters were called to the village of Arsos in the Limassol district late Wednesday night to tackle a large fire that broke out shortly before 1am. According to Fire Service ...

The forestry department rebuffed criticism and reiterated its dedication to fighting fires across Cyprus in a statement on Thursday. This response comes amid an escalating number of wildfires on the ...

The Met Office issued a yellow warning for extreme high temperatures on Tuesday. Starting from 11.30am until 4.30pm, inland areas are anticipated to experience temperatures soaring up to around 42 degrees ...

The two fires that broke out in the Nicosia district on Monday afternoon were brough under control by firefighters, according to the Fire Service. The first fire started around 2pm ...

A difficult summer is expected due to the dry winter, fire services’ spokesman, Andreas Kettis said on Saturday. In an interview with the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) Kettis also said ...

A fire that broke out around 4pm in Liopetri, in the Famagusta district, was put out after 45 minutes, not before it burned one hectare of unharvested crops and wild vegetation. ...

By Robert Morgan A fire broke out in a company’s underground parking space in the industrial area of Dali on Friday after a vehicle caught fire while being started. ...

The Fire Service has responded to 43 incidents in the past 24 hours, of which 25 were fires, according to its spokesperson Andreas Kettis on Thursday in a post on the X platform. ...

Cyprus currently has no firefighting aircraft available to use in case of a forest fire, as temperatures begin to soar, it emerged on Wednesday. The statement was made by senior ...

The Larnaca marina managing company Kition Ocean Holdings has commended “the effective response in responding the fire that broke out on three yachts docked on site”, while also expressing gratitude ...

A 28-year-old man died on Wednesday, after the vehicle he was with two others overturned on an agricultural road in Pomos, police said. Police said that Lambros Andreou died in ...

Police arrested three minors on Saturday, under suspicion of setting fire to a school in Nicosia overnight. According to police, after midnight, officers received a call about a fire at ...

The government is prioritising strengthening the Fire Service through resource allocation, technological advancements, and specialised training programmes in the face of climate change, Justice Minister Anna Procopiou said on Friday. ...

The fire service is on alert on Sunday after responding to 20 calls for assistance due to severe weather conditions across the island in the past 24 hours. Eight of the cases ...

Elderly refugees are requesting assistance from the fire service to carry their groceries upstairs due to the absence of elevators, the House refugees committee heard on Tuesday. After the committee ...

A fire that broke out at the top floor of a building in the old town of Nicosia was brought under control on Friday night, the fire service has said. ...

Firefighting forces will operate throughout the night in an effort to contain the fire that broke out between Plataniskias and Pissouri, fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Friday evening. ...

The fire that broke out on Sunday morning in the village of Kapilio was brought under control before noon according to the forestry department. Firefighters remain in the area to ...