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The Fire Service, from 06:00 on 14 July 2023 until 06:00 on 15 July 2023, responded to 34 calls for assistance (15 fires and 19 special services).
At 12:02 p.m., a call was received for a fire in a reed bed on the Tremithos River in Kiti. The Fire Service responded with three fire engines from the Larnaca Fire Station, E.M.A.K. and Lefkara Countryside Fire Station. The fire was located in the reed field, burned three decares and was brought under control at 13:30. The causes are being investigated, in cooperation with the police.
At 22:28, a call was received for a fire at the Cherio Multipurpose Center. The Police and the Fire Service responded with four fire engines from the Nicosia Fire Stations.
The fire was on the first floor of the building, in a common area, outside dormitories. Extensive damage was sustained to the furniture and part of the household equipment, while the paintwork and electrical installation of the entire floor was affected by the smoke and heat.
At the time of the fire, the building was occupied by inmates and the staff of the Multipurpose Centre. No one was in danger in the ground floor area, while on the first floor, members of the Fire Department, in coordinated actions with the firefighters, conducted a search and located eleven elderly persons, who were found sleeping in their rooms.
All eleven elderly persons were rescued and handed over to the Ambulance Service nursing staff for first aid and assessment for any further treatment and were transported by ambulance to Nicosia General Hospital as a precautionary measure.
Members of the Civil Defence and the Cherion Volunteer Emergency Response Team attended the scene of the fire and provided assistance to members of the Fire Service and Police.
The causes of the fire will be investigated later today, in cooperation with the competent authorities.
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