From 06:00 on 28 February 2023 until 06:00 on 1 March 2023, the Fire Service responded to 29 calls for assistance, 23 fires, 4 special services and 2 false calls.
At 03:36, a call was received for a fire in an apartment on the first floor of a four-storey block of flats in Agios Dometios in the Nicosia district. The Police and the Fire Service responded with 3 fire engines from the Paphos Gate and Kaimaklion Fire Stations and the fire was brought under control at 04:28. At the time of the fire outbreak, the residents of the apartment (2 people) managed to leave the area. The entire apartment building was evacuated by members of the Fire Department and members of the Police. Both the occupants of the apartment and the residents of the apartment building were affected by the smoke and hot gases that developed in all areas of the building. Some of them had to be taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure by ambulances that arrived at the incident and some of them arrived at the Emergency Department in their private vehicles. The fire and heat caused extensive damage to the apartment and its electrical equipment. The scene is being guarded by the Police and the cause of the fire will be investigated later today in conjunction with the Police and the Electrical Engineering Department.
(MB/SX)
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