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Akamas fires extinguished, 70 hectares torched
The firefighters managed to extinguish the fires that broke out on Wednesday in Akamas National Forest Park. According to the Forestry Department, the “hellish” fire torched nearly 70 hectares of pine...
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UPDATE – Fires erupt simultaneously at Akamas peninsula
A number of fires which have erupted simultaneously are raging at the Akamas peninsula with the Forestry Department and the Fire Service fighting the flames from air and land. Authorities have...
View ArticleBombers strike electric vehicle dealership
An electric vehicle dealership in Limassol was the target of a bomb in the early hours of Thursday morning, Limassol CID have confirmed. The explosion occurred at 3.35am with the culprit or culprits...
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Nicosia – Limassol highway reopens after truck fire (VIDEO)
One of the lanes along the Nicosia to Limassol highway reopened on Tuesday afternoon after both lanes were closed when a truck caught alight. According to the police, the fire broke out at around noon...
View ArticleCar dealership suffers €100k damages in arson attack
Police say arson is behind an attack on a car dealership in Limassol in the early hours of Tuesday morning that caused close to €100,000 in damages to six vehicles. According to police, reports of the...
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Arsonists target Nicosia’s Academia Park (PICTURES)
Police say several fires that were put out at the Academia Park in Nicosia on Monday were most likely started deliberately. Firefighters were called to the popular park in the Aglandjia area of Nicosia...
View ArticleBoys ‘cried from barred windows’ in deadly Islamic school blaze
A blaze at an Islamic boarding school in the Malaysian capital killed at least 23 people on Thursday, most of them teenage boys who cried for help from barred windows, officials and witnesses said. The...
View ArticleOpening statement to kick off Grenfell blaze inquiry
The chairman of the public inquiry into the causes of the Grenfell Tower fire will deliver his opening statement in the first public hearing of the contentious probe. Sir Martin Moore-Bick, the retired...
View ArticleFire in buffer zone close to Potamia under control
A fire that had been spreading in the buffer zone close to the village of Potamia has been brought under control, the Cyprus Fire Services have confirmed. Reports of the fire had come in at around...
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Fire kills 24 at Islamic school in Kuala Lumpur
A fire at an Islamic boarding school for boys killed at least 24 people, most of them students, in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur on Thursday morning, officials said. Officials suspected an...
View ArticleLimassol woman dies in apartment fire
Police say that a woman has died from apparent smoke inhalation following a fire in her Limassol apartment in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The victim has been identified as being a 50-year-old...
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Fire Service puts out Polis Chrysochous blaze
Fire Service vehicles and two Kamov 32 helicopters were on Wednesday evening battled a fire in Polis Chrysochous, Paphos, putting it out by soon after 7pm. Strong winds had made it particularly hard to...
View ArticleResidents evacuated after Limassol betting shop blast (UPDATED)
The residents of a central Limassol block of flats were evacuated early on Tuesday morning following an explosion and fire at a betting shop on the ground floor. According to the police, the blast...
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Firefighters sorry for eating piglets they saved (PICTURES)
A fire station in Pewsey in England has been forced to issue an apology after eating the piglets they had previously rescued from a barn fire in Wiltshire. The litter of piglets that had been saved...
View ArticleNine dogs burned alive in Limassol fire
Police in Limassol suspect arson to be behind a fire at a wooden hut which killed nine dogs on Saturday morning. Police say the hut was being used to keep the dogs – which belonged to a 29-year-old man...
View ArticleGreek firefighters winning blaze battle in Kefalonia
Firefighters in Greece have been mobilised once again after new fires – fuelled by strong winds – got underway in the island of Kefalonia on Wednesday night. According to media reports in Greece, the...
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Cyprus firefighting mission to Greece called off (PICTURES)
A taskforce of firefighters from the Cyprus Fire Services, the Forestry Department and the Cyprus Civil Defence will not fly out to Greece to help tackle the blaze just north of Athens, the authorities...
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Greece seeks EU help as wildfires rage
Firefighters battled wildfires raging northeast of Athens for a third day on Tuesday as Greece asked for help from its European partners to prevent them from spreading. The fire started in Kalamos, a...
View ArticleWildfire near Athens damages homes and forces residents to flee
A wildfire close to a village near Athens damaged houses and caused people to flee their homes on Sunday, officials said. More than 40 firefighters with 20 fire engines and three water-dropping...
View ArticleSmall fire on London Underground train
British firefighters said they had extinguished a small fire on an underground train at Oxford Circus station in the centre of London’s main shopping district on Friday, saying it had been caused by an...
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