Follow the latest wildfire news from across Cyprus, reported and updated by the Cyprus Mail newsroom. Our most recent coverage appears below, including the areas affected, the response from the fire service and any official advice for residents and visitors.
Cyprus on Thursday will be on red alert for forest fires, the forestry department said on Wednesday, calling on the public to be particularly careful, as strong winds up to ...
The fire in the Paphos villages of Yiolou and Simou which saw some residents evacuated on Sunday evening was started by human hand, fire services spokesman Andreas Kettis said on ...
The massive fire in Paphos villages of Yiolou and Simou which saw some residents evacuated was put under control by Sunday evening, fire services spokesman Andreas Kettis said.
The blaze, ...
People who were living in Pissouri landslide homes accuse the government of double standards in comparison with fire-stricken areas
Residents of Pissouri homes that have either been destroyed or seriously ...
Two months after a deadly fire ripped through their communities, the people of the affected villages are slowly piecing their lives back together. Jonathan Shkurko speaks to some of the ...
Firefighters on Friday managed to prevent a large fire in Limassol from reaching pristine forest, bringing it under partial control around four hours after it broke out.
The blaze in ...
The increasing use of drones to fight fires was underlined on Friday by the Cyprus Institute, whose Unmanned Systems Research Laboratory (USRL) spotted a fire.
One of the lab’s ...
In a special ceremony Thursday evening, President Nicos Anastasiades thanked the Cypriot firefighting mission deployed to Greece last month for going “above and beyond,” adding that their dedication made all ...
Fire fighters have contained a fire which broke out in Peyia forest in the Paphos district on Monday morning, the forestry department has announced.
It said the fire, which broke ...
Very often when a government tells its citizens there is no cause for alarm or no cause for concern, they are either completely misinformed or are trying to play down ...
Authorities stayed on standby on Thursday evening to contain a fire that broke out earlier in the day at the site of a factory in the industrial area of Yeri, ...
A fire that broke out on Monday near Androlykou and Prodromi villages in the Paphos district was brought under control around 3pm, the fire service said.
The flames broke out ...
The team of Greek experts sent to survey areas affected by huge fires in early July have finalised an action plan for what needs to be done to avoid flooding ...
A fire that broke out on Saturday near Skoulli in Paphos was brought under control around 5pm, the fire service said.
Spokesman Andreas Kettis said that the flames broke out ...
Ahead of the start of the hunting season on Sunday, the forestry department has appealed to hunters to be particularly careful and to avoid any actions or activities that may ...
A fire that broke out earlier on Tuesday between the communities of Moni and Monagrouli in the Limassol district has been brought under control, authorities said.
The fire broke out ...
Cyprus has expressed readiness to assist in fighting the wildfires that rage in Israel.
Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides said in a post on Twitter that he had had a telephone ...
Israel is seeking international help to battle wildfires outside Jerusalem that have forced hundreds to evacuate and sent clouds of smoke billowing over the city, the foreign ministry said on ...
Fires which broke out in Limassol and Nicosia on Monday were brought under control by the evening.
Four helicopters and several fire engines were scrambled to extinguish a fire on ...
The forestry department said on Sunday that a “red alert” for fires continued to be in effect as thousands of people left the city to picnic in rural areas.
The ...
The Mediterranean will be particularly affected with higher summer temperatures, drought and fires says IPCC report
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a landmark report on ...
Defence has always been something of sacred cow. Everyone has the patriotic duty to support our military and applaud government expenditure on defence equipment, whatever it is and regardless of ...
More than 25,000 trees and shrubs are expected to be planted in the mountainous areas of the Larnaca and Limassol districts affected by last month’s fires, the forestry department said ...
A fire which broke out in the forest area of Droushia, near Paphos, on Thursday morning has been contained, the Forestry Department said.
The fire broke out at around 9.30am ...