Houses near Kormakitis are evacuated due to the fire that broke out earlier in the afternoon in Panagra and which is out of control.
The "mayor" of Lapithos, Mustafa Aktug told a T/C website that the fire in Panagra broke out in three different places and grew very fast.
The "minister of agriculture", Dursun Oguz announced that two firefighting helicopters are expected from Turkey in the next hour to help extinguish the fire. Haber Kipris reports that another UN helicopter will help bring the fire under control.
Oguz said that due to the change in wind direction the fire spread quickly and a military unit near the area is also at risk.
Due to the smoke and in order to be able to access the fire to extinguish it, part of the main Kyrenia-Morfu road and from Panagra to Vasileia has been closed - he said.
T/C leader Ersin Tatar is also heading to the area.
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