The Paphos hearth remains to be raging – 2024-06-13 19:39:23

by times news cr

2024-06-13 19:39:23

The forest hearth that broke out yesterday on the west coast of Cyprus, within the Paphos district, remains to be raging, with hearth service spokesman Andreas Ketis reporting a re-ignition this afternoon within the space between Polemi and Kourdakas. This was reported by the Cypriot company KNA.

In his publish on the X social platform, Ketis stated that many floor forces have been mobilized and the Icarus II plan has been put into motion with a complete of seven plane, together with a coordination helicopter.

Authorities spokesman Konstantinos Lethimbiotis, who visited the Coordination Heart in Agios Dimitrianos, expressed his satisfaction that the fireplace in Yolo was introduced underneath management earlier than it reached the residential space.

He added that there was a direct response from all workers and recommended them for his or her efforts at the side of native residents. He additionally stated that sadly the arson model must be verified.

There’s a concrete plan to purchase non-public planes in order that Cyprus doesn’t rely upon third international locations, in addition to to modernize the firefighting aviation half, treating the matter as a matter of nationwide safety, stated Agriculture Minister Maria Panagiotiou after at the moment’s cupboard assembly.

In his statements to the media, Panayiotou stated the assembly mentioned the fireplace that broke out in Paphos and offered an replace on the present scenario.

She added that this morning, two of the 4 planes that arrived on the island joined the struggle towards the fireplace, together with the Ministry of Forestry aircraft.

Then the 2 Canadair planes, which arrived on the RescEU route, additionally joined. On the time, she famous, there have been no energetic fronts, Canadair plane have been nonetheless working and floor forces have been following.

Greece despatched two firefighting planes to struggle forest fires within the Paphos space following a request for assist from Cyprus by way of the EU’s Civil Safety Mechanism.

In line with a press release from the Illustration of the European Fee in Cyprus, that is the primary use of the Mechanism throughout this 12 months’s forest hearth season, BTA reported.

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