Cyprus Mail 13 July 2021 - by Evie Andreou
Five aircraft were dispatched to help firemen put under control a fire between the villages Faleia and Pentalia in Paphos on Tuesday
Authorities were alerted at around 1.25pm about a blaze between the two villages.
Initially fire engines responded from the Kelokedara and Stroumbi stations, but later reinforcements arrived from the Paphos station, the forestry department and the game and fauna service.
The fire is burning wild vegetation in a hard-to-reach area.
In the Famagusta district, fire fighting forces were called in to put out a blaze in Paralimni that erupted at around 1.40pm.
The blaze is burning wild vegetation and acacia trees. Three fire engines were dispatched.
