From 06:00 on 10 May 2022 until 06:00 on 11 May 2022, the Fire Service responded to 27 calls for assistance, 22 fires and 5 special services.
At 12:17 a call was received for a fire in an open space in a rural area of the community of Anglistides, Larnaca district. Members of the E.M.A.K. responded with 3 staffed fire engines, the Forestry Department with 1 staffed Portable Firefighting Unit, 2 Portable Firefighting Units from the community councils of the communities of Angelides and Anafotia, as well as 5 private agricultural tractors. The fire was brought under control at 13:10 and burned one and a half hectares of dry grass, wild vegetation and a number of carob trees. The cause of the fire is being investigated in cooperation with the police.
At 21:49 a call was received for a fire in an apartment on the 5th floor of a six-storey block of flats on Makarios III Avenue in Larnaca. Members of the Police and the Fire Service, from the Larnaca Fire Station of Lt. Andreas Papadopoulos, with 5 staffed fire engines and a Telescopic Platform responded and the fire was brought under control at 23:19. The apartment, as well as its contents, were extensively damaged. The smoke and heat caused damage to the common areas of the apartment building, as well as adjacent apartments in the building. Firefighting forces intervened immediately and were able to contain the fire in the apartment. The occupant of this apartment was absent at the time of the fire. The other occupants left the building safely. A search of the entire building was conducted for possible trapped persons, but none were found. The cause of the fire will be investigated later today in conjunction with the Police and the Electrical Engineering Department.
At 03:35 a call was received for a truck fire in the village of Xylophagou. Members of the Police and Fire Service from the Famagusta Fire Station Sergeant Adamou Adamou with 2 staffed fire engines and two staffed fire engines from the British Bases responded, as the area is under the responsibility of the British Bases. The truck was parked in an agricultural machinery parking area. An investigation into the cause of the fire by the British Bases Police is ongoing.
(NG/IK)
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