Cyprus Mail 2 May 2022 - by Iole Damaskinos
Over the past three days from April 29 until May 2 the fire department responded to 114 calls for help, 73 fires, 36 special services and five fake calls.
From Sunday to Monday the department responded to 23 calls for help, 14 fires and nine special services.
Around 11am on Sunday a call was received for a fire which had broken out in a metal warehouse structure in Limassol, outside a chemical laboratory office. Members of the Agios Nikolaos police and fire department responded with two fire trucks and the fire was brought under control at within a half hour.
Office equipment was destroyed due to heat from the fire and the electrical installation of the warehouse was severely damaged. After investigation the fire appears was determined to have been caused by an electrical fault.
At around 1pm on Sunday another call was received for a livestock area of Geri in the Nicosia district. Members of the police and fire departments of Nisou, Acropolis and Kaimakli stations responded with a four fire trucks and the fire was brought under control by after about two hours. The fire burned four hectares of crops, dry grass and wild vegetation. A makeshift shed and two old boats were also severely damaged.
Livestock buildings, a wind turbine and a photovoltaic park were saved from damage.
Also on Sunday around 7pm, a forest fire that broke out earlier that afternoon in the area of Moni village in Limassol was brought under full control.
The fire burned 200 square meters of wild vegetation. Nine members of the forestry and fire departments extinguished the fire with three fire trucks.
The exact causes of the Moni fire are being investigated.
