The Fire Department for the three-day period from 6:00 a.m. April 29, 2022 to 6:00 a.m. May 2, 2022 responded to 114 calls for assistance, 73 fires, 36 special services and five false calls.
From 6:00 on 1 May 2022 until 6:00 on 2 May 2022 the Fire Service responded to 23 calls for assistance, 14 fires and nine special services.
At 11:25 a call was received for a fire in a metal structure in Limassol, which was being used as a warehouse, outside a chemist's office. Members of the Police and Agios Nikolaos Fire Station responded with two staffed fire engines and the fire was brought under control at 11:45. Office equipment was destroyed by the fire and heat. The electrical installation of the warehouse was severely damaged. After investigating the cause of the fire, the fire appears to have been caused by an electrical problem.
At 12:49 p.m. a call was received for a crop fire in the Geriou livestock area of Nicosia District. Members of the Police, the Fire Service from the Island Countryside Fire Station, the Acropolis Fire Station of Sergeant Spyros Tantis and the Kaimaklion Fire Station with three manned fire engines, a manned fire engine from the Forestry Department and a private agricultural tractor responded and the fire was brought under control at 14:40. The fire burned four hectares of crops, dry grasses and wild vegetation. A makeshift shed and two old boats were severely damaged. Livestock outbuildings, a wind turbine and a photovoltaic park were endangered and protected.
(MG/IK)
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