Fire in Nicosia apartment, no injuries

A fire on the third floor of a Nicosia apartment began on Monday night with four fire-fighting trucks deployed at the scene to fight the flames.

According to spokesman for the fire service Andreas Kettis, the fire, in the Kallipoleos area in central Nicosia was contained to the third floor of the apartment building and no one was injured.

“The tenants evacuated the apartment and said no one had been left inside.”

Kettis could not immediately say how many people resided in the apartment but told the Cyprus Mail the fire had not spread to the rest of the building.

 

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