Firefighting forces on alert in inferno zone as winds expected to pick up

As winds are expected to gradually pick up again on Friday, firefighting forces remain in place and on alert to manage the situation, after the raging wildfire that started on Wednesday swept through mountainous Limassol, wiping out villages and killing two people.

Overnight fire resurgences in Pano Kivides, Alassa, Zanakia and Omodos were immediately quenched with the “decisive contribution” of National Guard drones, Fire Service spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Friday.

He...