
By Athena Vlachou
Scorched land from Cyprus’s biggest wildfires in more than 50 years threatens to leave fields barren for decades if immediate measures are not taken by the government, a senior environment official warned.
Chair of the House environment committee, Charalambos Theopemptou, said emergency fire-recovery work must begin before the first seasonal rains in late October to prevent severe, long-term soil erosion in the Limassol district, where wildfires swept