The Fire Department for the four-day period from 6:00 a.m. June 10, 2022 to 6:00 a.m. June 14, 2022 responded to 103 calls for assistance, 65 fires, 34 special services and four false calls.
The Fire Service from 6:00 on 13 June 2022 until 6:00 on 14 June 2022 responded to 37 calls for assistance, 22 fires, 13 special services and two false calls.
At 14:19 a call was received for a dry grass fire at the entrance to the village of Peristerona, Nicosia District. Members of the Police and Fire Service responded with four staffed fire engines from the Nicosia District Fire Stations, a staffed fire engine from the Forestry Department and a Portable Firefighting Unit from the Thera Service. The fire was brought under control at 16:35 and burned approximately five hectares of dry grass, olive trees and a number of hay bales. It appears, at first glance, that the fire was caused by sparks on AEC cables caused by birds.
At 16:45 a call was received for a dry grass fire between the villages of Mallia and Kedares. Members of the Police, the Fire Service from the Limassol and Paphos District Fire Stations with four staffed fire engines responded, one staffed fire engine and hiking section of the Forestry Department, one Portable Firefighting Unit of the Thera Service, three Portable Firefighting Units from the communities of the area, as well as two planes of the Forestry Department. The fire was in two outbreaks and burned five hectares of dry grasses, wild vegetation and a number of carob trees. Firefighters remained at the scene of the fire overnight.
(BG/EXP)
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