New Delhi, July 25 -- Aircraft from Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and Spain were on their way Thursday to help battle a huge wildfire in Cyprus that has claimed the lives of two people.

Police were investigating reports that arsonists were to blame for the flames, which have scorched more than 120 square kilometers (46 square miles) of forested hillsides in one of the worst such blazes in recent memory.

"We've been handling an unprecedented situation since yesterday, (Wednesday)," Cypriot President Nicos Christodoulides told reporters. "There's never been anything like this before in Cyprus."

The fire, which appeared to have died down overnight, flared up again Thursday along several fronts. More than 250 firefighters, 75 engines and 14 airc...