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Fire near houses in Paphos district

Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 3:27 pm
by Paphos Life
A fire broke out at Wednesday at noon near the village of Akoursos in Paphos.According to Andreas Kettis, spokesman of the Fire Service, the fire started from some dry weeds near some houses which have been protected....

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Re: Fire near houses in Paphos district

Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 4:19 pm
by memory man
is it a big fire?

2 choppers with water flying over my house.

didnt see any planes!

Re: Fire near houses in Paphos district

Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 4:45 pm
by memory man
is it close to the houses?

My sister has a house there.

Re: Fire near houses in Paphos district

Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 4:49 pm
by Dominic
No idea. I saw a fair bit of smoke driving back from Paphos, but that was it.

Re: Fire near houses in Paphos district

Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 4:55 pm
by trevnhil
Sadly I can say that in our little area there are loads of roadside weeds as late Spring weed spraying was not done this year..
The dry weeds at the side of our track look like straw over 3 foot high..

I have checked that our pressurised fire fighting hose is working alright, as we have had to use it next to the house before.

Re: Fire near houses in Paphos district

Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 5:00 pm
by memory man
I read in the press article that the fire started from some dry weeds near houses.

who is responsible for dealing with these weeds?

is it the municipality?

Re: Fire near houses in Paphos district

Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 5:13 pm
by trevnhil
I believe the Municipality (or most of them) spray the weeds when they are just starting to prevent loads of dry undergrowth

Re: Fire near houses in Paphos district

Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 5:27 pm
by memory man
the fire started from some dry weeds near some houses which have been protected.
What has been protected.? The dry weeds or the houses?

Re: Fire near houses in Paphos district

Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 6:46 pm
by Dominic
The houses.