Fire department refutes claim of explosion at Vasiliko

Following media reports of an explosion at the Vasiliko power plant injuring two people on Thursday, the fire department on Friday said the incident was merely the sudden release gas in the compressed air fire-fighting system.

“It was a violent release of the compressed air fire extinguishing system and not an explosion, as was inadvertently initially reported,” the fire service’s press officer Constantinos Kyriakou said.

According to the fire service,