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"Madam President, Commissioner, the fire of 29 June 2007, to which you referred and to which Mr Hatzidakis referred, in the vicinity of the villages of Pelendri and Saita in the Trudos mountains, was one of the biggest fires seen in Cyprus over the last 30 years.
The spread of the fire was helped by the adverse conditions, mainly the heatwave, the strong winds and the inaccessibility of the area. Despite the immediate mobilisation of the relevant services and the use of all available means, both terrestrial and airborne, immense damage was caused. The overall area which was burned totalled approximately 12 square kilometres and the damage can be valued in financial terms at 15 350 000 pounds.
The damage to the environment includes the destruction of biotopes, of the habitats of flora and fauna on the ground and in reservoirs and of the landscape and the microclimate of the area; it cannot be valued in financial terms but is perhaps greater than the rest of the damage.
The area is a relatively remote, mountainous area and the economy of the inhabitants was based to a large extent on rural tourism, which will be damaged irrevocably for a long time, given that the natural beauty which attracted visitors, both local and foreign, has been destroyed.
I therefore call on the Commission to admit any request from the Republic of Cyprus for immediate and urgent financing from the Solidarity fund and the immediate establishment of the European natural disaster force."@en1
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