George Panicos Georgiou from Limassol was critically injured after he was hit by a car in the Polemidia estate. He was rushed to the Makarios hospital in Nicosia where he was put on a respirator. Fire causes 11,000 in damageA FIRE which broke out late on Friday night at a carpentry shop on Nicosia s Ermou Street was brought under control yesterday morning, but not before machinery and lumber valued at 11,000 were destroyed. No one was injured. The shop, which belongs to Kyriacos Efstathiou from Palechori, was used in recent years for storage, and was not insured.
Police say preliminary investigations suggest that the fire started accidentally.
Meanwhile, Larnaca police are treating as arson a fire which gutted a car early yesterday morning. The BMW belonging to a Larnaca cabaret owner, Alexandros Robertou, was parked outside the Port View restaurant when the fire broke out. Another car parked next it was also damaged. Damage to the BMW is estimated at 7,000, while the total damage to both cars has not yet been estimated. Works Minister Averof Neophytou yesterday announced that 2 million would be spent on improvement works for Larnaca airport before the new millennium.