Don’t miss in The Cyprus Weekly on Friday
This week in The Cyprus Weekly, read about how the island could be unprepared for another devastating fire this summer as the Forestry Department continues to struggle with under-funding and lack of...
View ArticleArson suspected behind small Troodos fire
A Cyprus forestry department official says arson is suspected behind a fire that broke out in the forest area close to Agios Epifanios in early on Friday morning. The blaze – which is believed to have...
View ArticleFighting fires on a shoestring
By Andreas Izamis A forest fire which broke out in the Nicosia District on Thursday signalled the Forestry Department’s ‘dangerous period’ which finds it not only understaffed but under-funded. This...
View ArticleCyprus entering ‘dangerous period’ for fires
May inaugurates what the Cyprus Forestry Department has described as its ‘dangerous period’ which extends up until September. Already two wild fires, although ‘small’ in scale, may be a taste of things...
View ArticleOne dead, two injured as fire scorches woodland near Athens
One person died and two others were injured when a fire fanned by an early heatwave tore through a forested area in a town near Athens on Sunday, the fire brigade said. TV pictures showed plumes of...
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Fire in Geri put under control
A fire which broke out at 4:40 pm in an area between Aronas and Geri in the District of Nicosia has been put under control. The fire burned 1.5 acres of private land which was covered in wheat and wild...
View ArticleForestry Department running on fumes
MPs in Cyprus have heard how the Forestry Department is low on staff numbers and equipment as the summer fire season begins to take hold across the island. According to officials, new equipment will...
View ArticleSBA cop fighting for his life after car fire
The next 24 hours are considered to be critical for a Sovereign Base Area (SBA) police sergeant who was pulled from a flaming car in a field near Dasaki village this week. The sergeant, who is said to...
View ArticleBases fire chiefs urge vigilance as Cyprus heats up
British Forces Cyprus fire chiefs have sent out a stern warning to the Sovereign Base Areas community to be more vigilant this year with the fire season fast-approaching. The wet winter has ensured...
View ArticleEditorial: At the weather’s mercy
The hot summer months are closing in fast and experts point out Cyprus is literally praying for good weather to avoid serious damage from forest fires that will inevitably break out. Last year, forest...
View ArticleFire at French nuclear reactor extinguished
A fire that broke out on the roof of a nuclear reactor at the Bugey plant in central-eastern France has been extinguished, operator EDF said on Monday, citing fire brigade officials. The fire began at...
View ArticleFire official: No Portugal taskforce left grounded
A Cyprus Fire Services official has dismissed claims that a team of firefighters and vehicles had been on hand to be dispatched to Portugal to help battle the devastating fire but were instead left...
View ArticleFirefighters continue to battle deadly Portugal blaze
Firefighters were on Tuesday still battling Portugal’s deadliest forest blaze which killed dozens over the weekend and saw a fireman die from his injuries in hospital on Monday, bringing the death...
View ArticleExpansion plans for Cyprus Fire Service
The Fire Service hopes to shortly be in a position to man four new stations in the Nicosia and Limassol districts around the clock. The four areas– Nisou, Peristerona, Moniatis and Evrychou—already...
View ArticleCouncil chief steps down amid Grenfell criticism
The chief executive of a London borough where a tower block fire killed at least 79 people in Britain’s worst blaze since World War Two has resigned. Nicholas Holgate, chief executive of Kensington and...
View ArticleBuildings across UK have Grenfell-like cladding
Thousands of people may be living in potentially dangerous tower blocks after at least 11 buildings were revealed to have combustible cladding similar to that thought to have fuelled the Grenfell Tower...
View ArticleGrenfell tragedy prompts major London estate evacuation
A major evacuation is taking place at a London housing estate over fire safety fears after the Grenfell Tower disaster. Some 800 households in five tower blocks on the Chalcots Estate in Camden are...
View ArticleTally of high-rise buildings to fail safety test rises to 34
Some 34 high-rise buildings in 17 local authorities across the UK have failed fire cladding safety tests after the Grenfell Tower disaster, the British government has said. The announcement came as...
View ArticleFire Service bring central Paphos blaze under control
The Fire Service was on Sunday evening battling a blaze at the Paphos ‘Haroupomiloi’ Carob Mill Warehouses. According to PafosPress, the fire broke out soon after 6.30pm and quickly began to spread....
View ArticleInsurance industry warned of fire risk before London tower blaze
The insurance industry warned the British government of the dangers of flammable external surfaces on buildings a month before the Grenfell Tower fire that killed at least 79 people. The Association of...
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