Six cars were completely destroyed, while a two-storey house was damaged by a fire that seems to have been accidentally caused in Larnaca.
According to the Fire Service, around 03.56, a call was received for a fire in two motor vehicles which were parked in a private parking lot on Kalymnou Street, in the area of Faneromeni in Larnaca.
Members of the Police and the Fire Service rushed to the scene with four fire trucks and the fire was brought under control around 04.42.
The fire in the two vehicles ignited oil and hydraulic oil storage tanks which the owner was storing in the parking lot, as a result of which the fire spread to the owner's two-storey house and caused extensive damage.
Also due to the downhill terrain of the area, the petroleum products rolled in flames on the road resulting in fire four more vehicles, which were parked, three on Kalymnou Street and one on Agios Georgios Makris Street.
However, due to the downhill terrain of the area, there was a flow of flammable material from which six cars were completely destroyed while the ground floor house suffered extensive damage, while the upstairs house also suffered several damages.
The scene was cordoned off by the police and guarded, while in the first light of day members of the Police, the Fire Brigade and the Electromechanical Service will proceed with examinations in order to clarify the causes of the fire.
