A fire that broke out at 11:40 a.m. in the Trimithia area near the community of Anarita, in the Paphos district, has been brought under control.

According to a statement from the Department of Forests, the forest firefighting teams responded immediately, bringing the fire under complete control by 12:40 p.m., after it had burned an area of 0.8 hectares of low wild vegetation.

Six members of the Forestry Department with two fire trucks, 7 members of the Fire Department with 3 fire trucks, and 2 members of the Game and Wildlife Service with 1 small fire truck.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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