Firefighters battling blaze in Paphos district

[memory man]

A fire broke out at around 10.30am in an inaccessible area between the villages of Skoulli and Kato Akourdalia in Paphos on Sunday. Firefighters were still battling the blaze nearly three hours later.

According to the fire service, there are seven firefighting vehicles and 20 firefighters from the Polis Chrysochous station and the Peyia and Strumbi rural brigades in the area.

Also, two other firefighting vehicles from Limassol stations are heading there, CNA reported, along with two aircraft and a police helicopter.

http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/09/10/firef ... -district/

[Dominic]

We watched this from the ridge of the next valley.Looks under control now.

[Dominic]

They had both helicopters and planes out dropping water. They seemed to be getting the water from the Evretou Reservoir. I don't know how the planes got their water though.

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[cyprusmax47]

They had both helicopters and planes out dropping water. They seemed to be getting the water from the Evretou Reservoir. I don't know how the planes got their water though.

The planes spraying chemicals which they get from Paphos airport.....

nice pics Dominic, you should provide the local press as their pics are mainly poor quality...

Max

[Jim B]

The helicopters were out at seven this morning; they were flying until nearly 8pm last night. They must still be either still trying to contain or damp down the fires mentioned.

Jim

[trevnhil]

We have been hearing the Helicopters for a while. I can't see any smoke so I thought they were damping down..