The major wildfire in the Koili, Stroumbi and Akoursos area in the Paphos district has now been brought under full control, and for this reason, barring any serious unforeseen developments, the arrival of aircraft from third countries will not be needed.
Speaking to Philenews a short while ago, the director general of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, who travelled to the area to inspect the firefighting work up close, stressed that the situation is now controlled.
For this reason, new telephone contact was made with the authorities in the three countries – Greece, Israel and Jordan – to inform them of developments.
At this stage, he said, aircraft do not need to come to Cyprus; however, they are on standby, and if the need arises, they will be at our disposal.
Strong firefighting forces remained in the area throughout the night to continue extinguishing active pockets, whilst seven bulldozers also continued working all night to assist the firefighters.
