A view of the Vassilikos power station which was extensively damaged by a massive blast on Monday at a neighbouring military base in Cyprus July 12, 2011. The head of the Cypriot navy, a navy base commander and six firefighters were among 12 people killed early on Monday by a blast at a munitions dump which knocked out the island's biggest power station, police said.

A view of the Vassilikos power station which was extensively damaged by a massive blast on Monday at a neighbouring military base in Cyprus July 12, 2011. The head of the Cypriot navy, a navy base commander and six firefighters were among 12 people killed early on Monday by a blast at a munitions dump which knocked out the island's biggest power station, police said.

A view of the Vassilikos power station which was extensively damaged by a massive blast on Monday at a neighbouring military base in Cyprus July 12, 2011. The head of the Cypriot navy, a navy base commander and six firefighters were among 12 people killed early on Monday by a blast at a munitions dump which knocked out the island's biggest power station, police said.

A view of the Vassilikos power station which was extensively damaged by a massive blast on Monday at a neighbouring military base in Cyprus July 12, 2011. The head of the Cypriot navy, a navy base commander and six firefighters were among 12 people killed early on Monday by a blast at a munitions dump which knocked out the island's biggest power station, police said.

A woman lights a candle below a list of names of victims of a blast which occurred at the Evangelos Florakis navy base at Vassilikos in southern Cyprus July 11, 2011. The head of the Cypriot navy, a navy base commander and six firefighters were among 12 people killed early on Monday by a blast at a munitions dump which knocked out the island's biggest power station, police said. The blast almost levelled the nearby Vassilikos power plant, which produces nearly 60 percent of the island's energy, damaged buildings in nearby villages and rained metal on a motorway.

A view of damaged warehouses at the Vassilikos power station after a massive blast at a neighbouring military base in southern Cyprus July 11, 2011. A massive munitions blast at the Evangelos Florakis navy base in Cyprus killed at least eight people and injured dozens on Monday, shutting down Vassilikos, the island's largest power station, the official Cyprus News Agency said.