#fire service

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 ...

A Nicosia resident had to evacuate her apartment on the fourth floor due to a fire on Friday afternoon. The fire service said they were notified of the fire that ...

A fire was raging at the Alassa area just outside Limassol on Monday with authorities fighting the flames at the scene. The fire service said it responded to a fire ...

By Andria Kades and Gina Agapiou Limassol was engulfed in a plume of dark smoke on Friday, as firefighters battled to keep a fire in the Alassa area contained. President ...

Aircraft and firefighters from different services responded to a fire that broke out near a residential area in Koilani, Limassol on Saturday evening. The blaze broke out around 5.30pm on ...

Firefighters rescued 11 elderly individuals after a fire broke out at a multipurpose centre in Tseri, Nicosia. According to the fire services, the blaze broke out late Friday night in a ...

Heavy clouds of smoke covered the Aglandjia area in northeast Nicosia due to a fire in the north, the fire service said on Tuesday. The smoke that is visible near ...

Over 250 people were evacuated form a Protaras hotel after a fire started in one of the rooms on Friday night, said fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis. The fire alarm went ...

A 62-year-old construction worker needed to be rescued by the fire service after falling into a four-metre-deep pit, spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Friday, recounting the highlights of the fire ...

Over the past three days, the fire services said they had responded to 89 calls for help, 53 fires, 31 special services and five hoax calls. The incidents, up until 6am on Monday, ...

Over one hundred firefighters worked to put under control a fire that broke out near Akamas this weekend, authorities said on Sunday. The fire threatened houses and destroyed 300,000 square metres ...

A large fire between the villages of Choirokitia and Vavla has been deemed manageable by authorities on Wednesday. The blaze was reported to have begun just after 2pm and brought ...

Sexual harassment within the police force and the fire service will now be considered a disciplinary offence, the Council of Ministers decided on Tuesday, approving a proposal tabled by the ...

A climber was rescued after falling in a ravine in Pissouri, Limassol, the fire service spokesperson said on Tuesday. According to Andreas Kettis, the individual was climbing a cliff in ...

The fire services carried out a major training exercise near Polis in Paphos which focused on rescuing an injured person on sloping terrain following a car crash. Fire services spokesman ...