Fire service responds to fires in Episkopi and Kampos
Authorities investigated fires at a shop car park in Episkopi and a property in Kampos, with an electrical fault found to have caused the latter.
Episkopi, Cyprus. The fire service responded to a fire in the car park of a shop in Episkopi, Limassol, and a separate fire involving an electrical panel at a property in Kampos, Nicosia district, authorities said on Friday.
Episkopi fire
The fire in Episkopi began at about 2.06am on Friday. Three fire engines from Monovolikos and Ayios Ioannis attended and brought the blaze under control by 2.26am.
Neighbours had extinguished the flames before firefighters arrived. A container at the site was damaged, while the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Kampos incident
A separate fire broke out on Thursday at an electrical panel at a property in Kampos.
Two vehicles from Evrychou fire station, a fire engine from Kykkos Monastery and two forestry department vehicles responded. The fire damaged the electrical panel and parts of the building’s interior and exterior masonry.
An investigation found that the fire was caused by an electrical fault.
Fire service calls
Between 6am on Thursday and 6am on Friday, the fire service responded to 35 calls, including 10 fires, 21 special service incidents and four false alarms.
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