It’s our minds that will burn just like everything else. They already burned theirs. They went, it is said, to a quarry in the forest of Limassol to destroy smoke bombs and flares.
They do it every year, but yesterday especially, they didn’t notice that we had the first day with almost a heatwave. And not only that, but they threw a flare into the quarry and forgot to disarm it. So, the flare flew out of the quarry and started the first big fire of the year.
The Mines Service, however, to its credit, admitted the mistake.
“Unfortunately, it was an unfortunate moment and the incident occurred,” the director told philenews. Thankfully. Because last year, when the power cables caused fires, the Electricity Authority didn’t admit it.
Meanwhile, they make strict laws to scare farmers who burn grass and burn greens along with the dry ones. They too can have an unfortunate moment and burn them, but if they catch them, they might even go to jail.
Here you’ll tell me, at noon they were saying that the fire was under control and by the time I finished my lunch, they sounded the alarm because it was out of control. And a little later they started informing the residents in Vasa Kellakiou that they might need to evacuate the village.
Fortunately, though, in March, the President of the Republic convened a large meeting in view of the new fire season and a significant decision was made. That the forest fire season will be for 8 consecutive months, from the previous 6, meaning from April to November.
Wise idea. As the government spokesman explained, what has been observed in recent years is that the high-risk periods, also due to climate change, are expanding and widening. Indeed. That’s why I say, they’re expanding their minds now.
Because if they had their minds intact, they wouldn’t spend all day in meetings and plans. They would ensure that we have timely firefighting equipment and coordination (among them) to extinguish the fires.
How is it, for example, that they notice that the high-risk periods are expanding and at this moment they are still in the process of bidding for the firefighting aircraft they will rent? When will they come, then? Midsummer? When more forests will be burned?
However, it was decided that the state will gradually purchase 10 firefighting aircraft within the next five years. Well done. But what will happen until they are purchased?
Yesterday, for example, in the first forest fire, a firefighting aircraft of the Forestry Department (the only one we have), a police helicopter, and a helicopter from the British Bases were operating. At least the presidential plane could have gone to help. Or would it remain half-hearted, like Maria Panayiotou’s ministerial car?
The Minister of Agriculture went to the fire but only reached Kofinou. Her car didn’t go further, and they called a police car to transport her. It’s not a joke; it’s a crying shame but here we are.
P.S. The Police say they are investigating the connections Dimitroui had, who was shot yesterday afternoon, with Alexoui, who was recently murdered. The Police doesn’t know these connections, now they are investigating to find out. Others are fooling us!
Because the war of the night still rages even when the Police have drawn up plans and are implementing them in an alarm to send the message that it will hit organized crime with heavy weapons… And we also have Marios Hartziotis making statements about leaks to journalists and the instructions he gives to limit information.
Apparently, he is not worried that criminals are shooting someone in broad daylight, while leaving a police station, but he is worried that journalists inform the citizens. Hasn’t he learned yet that the mobsters are informed directly by the “rotten apples” (how many times have the Ministers of Justice and the Police chiefs admitted it themselves) and he thinks they wait for the newspapers to be informed?forest fire. forest fires, firefighting equipment, government negligence
