An alarm was sounded Monday afternoon at the Fire Department when a call was received reporting a fire inside a covered parking garage at a shopping center in Nicosia.
Specifically, at 6:03 p.m., a call was received reporting a fire in a motor vehicle that was parked inside a covered parking garage at a shopping center in Nicosia. Fire stations in Nicosia responded with four fire trucks, and the fire was brought under control at 6:40 p.m.
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Due to the fire and the heat, the vehicle sustained extensive damage to the engine compartment and passenger compartment, and an adjacent parked vehicle was also affected.
After the fire was extinguished, Fire Department personnel proceeded to ventilate the covered parking garage using a positive-pressure fan and the shopping center’s ventilation systems.
The area remained closed to the public until the smoke had been fully cleared, while the interior of the shopping center was not affected by the incident and continued to operate normally.
According to the Fire Department, an investigation into the cause of the fire will follow, in cooperation with the relevant authorities.
