NICOSIA: The carcasses of chicken that died from heat and smoke inhalation near a village on the southern slopes
of Troodos mountains as a major fire burns on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. The blaze has killed four people so far, destroyed homes and forced evacuation of villages.—AFP
ARAKAPAS: A huge forest blaze in Cyprus killed four people, destroyed homes and forced evacuations of villages, police said on Sunday, as Greece, Israel and other countries deployed fire-fighting planes to the Mediterranean island.
The Egyptian government said the four dead were agricultural workers from the North African country, while Nicosia vowed in a tweet to “stand by the victims’ families in the face of this tragedy, offering every support”.