#wildfires

Agriculture ministry representative Nikoleta Iona on Thursday said the first phase of flood control works being carried out in light of the wildfire which tore through the Limassol district and ...

The findings of the three House committees on agriculture, environment and interior will be published in a joint report highlighting political and institutional failures in the handling of recent wildfires, ...

The use of private drones during “firefighting operations” is banned, the civil aviation department said on Wednesday. It said that drones “have been reported flying dangerously close to manned aircraft ...

Raging wildfires in Spain spread to the southern slopes of the Picos de Europa mountain range on Monday and authorities closed part of the popular Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route. ...

Amid a symphony of tinkling bells, some 300 black, brown and dappled goats trot along a paved road in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region, stopping every now and then to nibble ...

Firefighters in southern France were battling on Wednesday to control the country’s biggest wildfire so far this year, local authorities said. One person died in the village of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse, ...

Authorities are prepping for a potential contamination of the water in Kouris dam by ash and cinders once the rainy season begins, media reports said on Thursday. Located in Limassol ...

The final mapping of the areas affected by the recent wildfires has found that 104 square kilometres of land were burned, the Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence at the Cyprus University of ...

Citizens affected by the wildfires were called upon by the Interior Ministry to register in the online payment system of the general accounting office (FIMAS) to receive their compensation payments. “...

The fire chief had warned a year ago of the dangers of wildfires and how the system is ill-equipped to deal with them, according to a confidential transcript from a ...

Turkish authorities arrested ten suspects in relation to wildfires that broke out across the country over the past week, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Friday. The wildfires killed at ...

Firefighters battled for a third day on Friday to put out a wildfire on the Greek island of Crete that has razed forests and olive groves and forced thousands of ...

Hundreds of firefighters battled a blaze Thursday on Crete island, which burnt swathes of forest and olive groves and forced the evacuation of over 1,000 people, officials said, underscoring the region’...

Firefighters battled wildfires in Turkey and France on Monday as an early heatwave hit the region. In Turkey, the wildfires raged for a second day in the western province of ...

All wildfires that broke out in the Paphos district on Sunday were the result of arson, according to the Forestry Department director, Savvas Iezekiel. Speaking on CyBC radio, Iezekiel confirmed ...

Hundreds of firefighters battled for a third day to contain wildfires on the Greek island of Chios on Tuesday that have torn through swathes of forest and farmland and forced ...

Dozens of firefighters battled to tame wildfires fanned by strong winds on the Greek island of Chios in the northeastern Aegean Sea for a second day on Monday as authorities ...

A senior European commission official on Wednesday called on Cyprus to boost its involvement in wildfire prevention programmes, warning of growing risks as the Mediterranean braces for another scorching summer. ...

Smoke from wildfires burning in three Canadian provinces is spreading into the US Upper Midwest, stirring memories of the severe pollution that drifted south from Canada two years ago during ...

The government on Friday vowed to press ahead with a “holistic and coordinated” overhaul of Cyprus’ civil protection framework, following an emergency wildfire summit chaired by President Nikos Christodoulides. “The ...

Cyprus was among the countries which Israel asked for help to combat wildfires raging near Jerusalem on Wednesday evening, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar confirmed. Sa’ar wrote in ...

Wildfires raging in South Korea doubled in size on Thursday from a day earlier, as authorities called the blazes the country’s worst natural fire disaster with at least 26 people ...

At least 18 people have died as multiple wildfires rage across South Korea’s southeastern region, with thousands of firefighters aided by the military deployed in a bid to contain one ...

A series of measures to strengthen fire protection to limit the spread of wildfires will be introduced together with mountains commissioner Charalambos Christophinis, the forestry department announced on Thursday. Both ...