Fire breaks out in Cyprus

British troops joined hundreds of Cypriot firefighters today to battle a major forest fire that raged out of control in the south of the island, gutting factories and houses.

Fire breaks out in Cyprus

British troops joined hundreds of Cypriot firefighters today to battle a major forest fire that raged out of control in the south of the island, gutting factories and houses.

"The place looks like a war zone. If not the biggest, this is definitely one of the trickiest fires to put out I have ever witnessed," said Rob Need, the spokesman of the British sovereign bases on Cyprus.

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