
“This fire burned everything in its path. It was a ghost fire,” said Savvas Iezekiel, head of the forestry department, speaking a day after the flames were finally contained.
“It left behind black earth, destruction, and two deaths. Nobody feels well after this.”
The wildfire, which swept through several villages in the Limassol district, has now been described as one of the most intense Cyprus has ever faced. Iezekiel, who