The Director of the Forestry Department has been asked to submit all the data so that immediate solutions can be provided with photovoltaic systems, which will operate autonomously, to avoid the risk of fires, said Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Petros Xenophontos on Thursday after the end of the Council of Ministers. He noted that an alternative and immediate solution was provided for Stavros tis Psokas Station, saying that a power supply generator was put into operation. 

He said that there is full coordination between the departments and expressed his satisfaction.

Asked if there were any indications of malicious actions, particularly regarding the fire in the Paphos forest, Xenophontos said that a report is expected to be submitted by the Director of the Department of Forests.

The Minister also said that he had contacted the Minister of Transport, Communications and Works, Alexis Vafeades, and arrangements have been made today for officials to go to Stavros tis Psokas and study immediately how to install a photovoltaic park and electricity storage station so that the Forestry Department and adjacent services can operate autonomously.

He added that because there are other points, the Director of the Forestry Department has been asked to submit to him all the data so that immediate solutions can be given with photovoltaic systems that will operate autonomously to avoid the risk of fires from such phenomena.

Xenophontos pointed out that fires are a phenomenon that will, unfortunately, continue to exist "and we are all coordinating to deal with fires as one body. You have seen it in the past few days, this will continue."