The head of the fire service Nikos Longinos spoke about how and where the destructive fire began, which has already destroyed more than 100 sq. Km. territory of Cyprus. According to him, we are talking about arson.
Longinos, who performed on the air of the state radio station, said that two witnesses were contacted by the fire department, who saw how the fire began to spread from two points at a distance of about 100 meters from each other. This happened under the bridge near the village of Malia, in the place of unauthorized landfill.
Longinos noted that he transferred all the available police data for investigation.
He also refuted the complaints of the sluggishness of the firefighters, saying that the brigade was at the place of fire six minutes after the call.
As of 10:00, the active fire front destroys the territory of Arsos and Highness. At 09:00, repeated fires occurred in the gigan, arsos and Suni.
In places of temporary accommodation in Erimi, Episcopes, Trimyclini and Pakhne, 95 victims spent the night.
The regional administration of Limassol accepts messages caused to buildings and cars, by calling 25 806405, 25 806459, 25 806426, 25 806422.
The previous most destructive fire that occurred in the summer of 2021 in the mountainous part of the Larnaki region was also caused by arson. On May 24, 2023, the Limassol court found the 67-year-old resident of the village of Arakapas guilty of a fire, because of which four people were killed and ten villages were injured. He burned the grass in his field and the fire got out of control. The man was sentenced to eight years in prison.
The text is prepared based on the materials "Filelefteros"
