{"id":15300,"date":"2011-07-11T08:47:13","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T06:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=15300"},"modified":"2011-07-11T08:52:13","modified_gmt":"2011-07-11T06:52:13","slug":"explosion-at-cyprus-naval-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/11\/explosion-at-cyprus-naval-base\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosion at Cyprus naval base"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I woke up earlier than usual today. \u00a0It was hot and my air condition wasn’t working for some reason. \u00a0It turns, the power was gone. \u00a0 Not just my apartment or building. \u00a0Driving through the city to work, I saw a number of traffic lights not working. \u00a0People at work from all over Limassol confirmed that they experienced a power cut as well. \u00a0What happened? \u00a0Apparently, there was a huge explosion at Cyprus naval base. \u00a0People say there was an ammunition stock that exploded. \u00a0Rumor has it that 10 to 12 people are presumed dead. \u00a0There is extensive damage to the area, including the power station, where the fire broke down.<\/p>\n

The news are scarce at the moment. \u00a0Here is a link I found<\/a> that confirms some of the rumors I’ve heard around the office.<\/p>\n

NICOSIA, Cyprus —\u00a0A Cyprus Defense Ministry spokeswoman says around 10 people are feared dead following a massive explosion at a naval base.<\/p>\n

Aliki Stylianou could not immediately confirm the cause of the explosion which occured at the Evangelos Florakis Naval Base on the Mediterranean island’s southern coast on Monday at around 6:00am (0300GMT).<\/p>\n

State television CyBC is reporting that the explosion also caused numerous injuries and extensive damage to homes in villages near the naval base.<\/p>\n

Police spokesman Michalis Katsounotos said that a fire at a nearby power station has been contained.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Update<\/strong>: Here is an article from Cyprus News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

I woke up earlier than usual today. \u00a0It was hot and my air condition wasn’t working for some reason. \u00a0It turns, the power was gone. \u00a0 Not just my apartment or building. \u00a0Driving through the city to work, I saw a number of traffic lights not working. \u00a0People at work from all over Limassol confirmed … Continue reading Explosion at Cyprus naval base<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,22,109],"tags":[186],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-15300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-cyprus","category-limassol","tag-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":155806,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2023\/07\/19\/lavrion-corfu-sailing-day-0-cyprus-to-greece\/","url_meta":{"origin":15300,"position":0},"title":"Lavrion – Corfu sailing: Day 0 – Cyprus to Greece","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"July 19, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Today, is the start of the new adventure. 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