The fires services on Wednesday announced that three fires had been extinguished in rural Paphos between the communities of Akoudralia and Steni on the heels the forest fire which had required the full involvement of services to be contained the night before.
The three fires, whose flash-points were all along the Paphos to Polis Chrysochous road were clearly set by humans, according to the head of the fire service Andreas Kettis.
In order to extinguish the fires, which were moving towards Akourdalia village, the entire fire department of the Paphos district was mobilised and eight aircraft were deployed. Forces from Larnaca were called in to cover the city of Paphos, Kettis told the state broadcaster CyBC.
Five homes in Kato Akourdalia were evacuated as a precaution and forces remain at the scene to extinguish any flare-ups.
We are battling fires on a 24-hour basis, said Kettis, This is an unprecedented situation.
Meanwhile, also on Tuesday, around 10am a fire broke out in the community of Gialia. The fire, which was extinguished by shortly after 11am, burned 2 hectares of private land with greenhouses and fruit trees.
Forty employees from the forestry department, nine from the fire service, and three from the game service worked to put out the blaze with over 10 vehicles.
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