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The Forestry Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment announces that today, Tuesday, 27 June 2023 at 7:46 a.m. a fire broke out at the location "Pontizos", in the Community of Kalo Chorio Orini, in the District of Nicosia.
The intervention of the forest firefighting forces was immediate, resulting in the fire being brought under control at 8:30, burning an area of 1.5 decares of wild grass and wild olive trees.
16 Forestry Department personnel with four fire trucks, three Fire Department personnel with one fire truck and two Game and Wildlife Service personnel with one fire truck participated in the suppression operation. A private person with an agricultural tractor and eight people/volunteers from the communities in the area also participated in the extinguishing operation.
The exact cause of the fire is under investigation.
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