Authorities sent a 112 emergency alert to mobile phones at 5:40pm on Monday, 10 August 2026, warning of a fire in low vegetation at Kokkinochoma in the Pangaio area and urging residents to remain alert. Both ground crews and aerial firefighting resources were deployed to the area, where the blaze burned through a stretch of scrubland and briefly threatened nearby sheepfolds and small workshops. The fire was brought under control and extinguished by the evening, with no injuries or structural losses reported.