Early-morning fire damages cars and apartment block in Nicosia

A car owned by a 54-year-old man was extensively damaged by fire in the early hours of Wednesday in Nicosia, with a second vehicle and parts of a residential building also affected.

The fire broke out at around 3.00am in the Lykavitos area of Strovolos, where the vehicle was parked in a ground-floor parking area of an apartment building.

Members of the fire brigade were called to the scene shortly after the alarm was raised.

Crews from the Paphos Gate and Kaimakli...