Four found dead after Cyprus forest fire

Residents of villages watch the fire in the Troodos mountain region of Cyprus. Picture: Petros Karadjias/AP

Search crews found the bodies of four people outside a fire-swept mountain village in Cyprus on Sunday in what a government minister called the “most destructive” blaze in the eastern Mediterranean island’s history.

Nicos Nouris said Civil Defence volunteers discovered the remains just outside the village of Odou on the southern edge of the Troodos mountain range.