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“The fire destroyed houses in the community of Arakapas. The Ministry of Defence is trying to extinguish it. The people who were staying in the houses are being transported by the Police and Civil Defence to a community center in Eptagonia. The community of Melini is being evacuated at the moment,” the Spokesperson and Public Relations Officer of the Cyprus Fire Service Andreas Kettis posted on Twitter.
Earlier, he wrote that the Fire Service and the Forest Department have joined both their ground and air forces to extinguish the fire in the community of Arakapas. The Fire Service took over the protection of the community of Arakapas and the Department of Forests took over the forest area of the region.
Από την πυρκαγιά επηρεάστηκαν κατοικίες στην κοινότητα Αρακαπά. Η Π.Υ επιχειρεί για κατάσβεση τους. Τα άτομα τα οποία διέμεναν στις κατοικίες μεταφέρονται από την Αστυνομία και Πολιτική Άμυνα σε κέντρο αναψυχής στην Επταγώνια. Εκκενώνεται αυτή τη στιγμή και η κοινότητα Μελίνης.
— Andreas Kettis (@akettis) July 3, 2021
Τα εναέρια μέσα βρίσκονταν στο επίπεδο Ίκαρος 2. Εκκενώνεται από την Αστυνομία και η κοινότητα Οδού.
Εκτός Υπηρεσίας προσωπικό προσέρχεται για ενισχύσεις.— Andreas Kettis (@akettis) July 3, 2021
Also read: National Guard’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the fight against fires
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