Filenews 26 June 2021 - by Dora Christodoulou
If the firefighting forces did not intervene so quickly and if the fire were not noticed so quickly by residents who rushed to assist in the first critical minutes, then in Tala Cyprus would have its own Eye like Attica.
This complaint is made by speaking to "F" the MP Paphos of DIKO, Chrysanthos Savvides, who was found from the first moment in the area of fiery hell, even participating in the work of firefighting assisting the Fire Brigade forces who arrived at the scene where the fire broke out.
Mr. Savvides pointed out that the peculiarity of the Kamares area, with its very dense greenery and the villas built within it, created nightmarish moments for hundreds of residents. The State should, he points out, draw up a special fire protection plan for the area, since it is a suburb of unique natural beauty, in the green and with many dwellings in which the owners do not live permanently, since they are mostly foreigners and therefore cannot act directly to protect their property.
"It is up to the state and its competent authorities to carry out a plan to prevent new ones, similar to today's disasters, since in addition it is known that the morphology of the territory in Tala, with its many uneven levels, makes it difficult for any attempts at direct intervention by ground forces."
The DIKO member also stressed that fire protection in the Tala area also highlights the fact that many villas are not permanently inhabited' Indicative of this, he observed, is that the cars that were burned today while in their garages and the damaged villas belong precisely to foreign residents who do not currently reside in Kamares.
"The proximity of the area that was destroyed today with the Monastery of Agios Neophytos should be another factor in its more serious treatment in terms of fire protection," he said. "It is well known that there are great and unique relics in the Monastery and they should not be endangered in such cases. Today's fire inferno fortunately didn't affect the monastery. But it wasn't that far from it."
