Blast blows out Cyprus’s largest power station

A huge explosion at a military base in Cyprus this morning knocked out the island’s largest power station, Vassilikos, whilst at least 10 people are thought to have been killed.

11 July 2011, 12:00am

“We can’t assess the extent of the damage, but it’s a biblical disaster,” a spokesman for the state-run electricity authority said.

Vassilikos power station is situated very close t o the Evangelos Florakis navy base and was hit by a massive explosion in a munitions dump. It is believed the blast occurred in the early hours of this morning in an area where munitions seized from a vessel heading to Syria from Iran in 2009 had been dumped.

According to unconfirmed reports, Cyprus News Agency has established that 10 people were killed.