Superhuman efforts are being made by ground and air forces to extinguish the fire in an area between the villages of Falia-Pentalia in the province of Paphos.
According to Fire Department spokeswoman Andrea Ketti, the fire is still out of control and at least one front continues to spread.
To extinguish it, he continued, the firefighting forces have been reinforced with 14 fire trucks of the Fire Service from the Provinces of Paphos, Limassol, Larnaca, Nicosia and EMAK, three of the Department of Forests, a land promoter from the District of Θήρας.
Also in the work of extinguishing assist five aerial firefighting equipment rented by the Republic and two of the Department of Forests.
The causes of its provocation will be investigated at a later stage after its extinction.