The Fire Service responded to 24 fires in the last 24 hours, among them a fire that broke out in an apartment building, one in a building made of metal tins in Paphos and one in a hybrid vehicle battery.
As reported on the "X" platform by the press representative of the Fire Department, Andreas Kettis, at 10:02 the Paphos Fire Station responded to a fire in a small building made with polyuromethane metal sheets, which was used as the residence of the guard of the metal recycling area in the industrial area You were shaking.
According to Mr. Here, the fire caused extensive damage to the property and its equipment (furniture, electrical and cooking appliances). Water hose installations and breathing apparatus were used to extinguish it. As noted by Mr. Kettis "no one was in danger".
Also, at 13:40 the Nicosia Fire Station with a staffed fire engine responded to a fire involving a hybrid vehicle battery, which was outside the vehicle and inside a vehicle repair shop in Omorfita.
The fire was contained to the accumulator.
At 19:12, the Larnaca Fire Stations, with three staffed fire engines, responded to a call for a fire in furniture in the corridor of the 4th floor of an apartment building, on Makariou Avenue.
The fire was extinguished with the use of a fire extinguisher, while the elevator of the apartment building was also damaged, as well as the paint of the floor.
Besides, at 22:50 the Fire Stations of Limassol, with three staffed fire engines, responded to a fire in the parking lot of a house in Germasogeia.
The fire affected four antique vehicles and vehicle parts inside the parking lot, while the fire spread to the roof of the house, but was contained in time by fire crews.
The spokesperson of the Fire Department states that the causes of the incidents are being investigated in cooperation with the Police.
