Filenews 25 July 2024
A barrage of fires in just one day, with the Fire Brigade operating in 11 incidents.
According to a post by the spokesman of the Fire Service, Andreas Kettis, the forces of the Corps responded to 25 incidents in the last 24 hours, of which 11 fires and 14 special services.
Among them, the fire that broke out yesterday between Tseri and Deftera, in the area of Lapatsa in dry grass, reeds and wild vegetation, which was brought under control on Wednesday afternoon, after burning a total area of about 1 square km.
According to Mr. Kettis' posts, 4 aircraft, 5 fire trucks from Nicosia fire stations and 1 fire truck from the Department of Forests, a portable firefighting unit from the Game Service and a firefighting team from the Volunteer Organized Group Support cy attempted to extinguish it.
Also, according to Mr. Kettis, during the course of the fire, at least one individual house was protected by firefighting forces.
