Supply depot

The first 50 days of New Democracy's second term in power have been difficult for the government and painful for the country.

Greece's defense minister has received the findings of an administrative inquiry (EDE) regarding the explosions that occurred due to an out-of-control wildfire at an ammunition depot on a Hellenic Air Force base near Volos in central Greece on July 27. On Friday, the head of the Armed Forces presented the report to the minister.

Some conclusions are reportedly emerging from an administrative inquiry (EDE) confirming that the explosions at the ammo depot on a Hellenic Air Force base last Friday in central Greece were caused by the general-purpose air-to-ground bombs (iron bombs) stored in above-ground facilities that were exposed to the heat load of the wildfire that was raging in the vicinity. 

An in-depth investigation into how Greece's military bases are safeguarded - or left unprotected - is warranted after the mass explosions of precious ordnance, including heavy bombs and missiles, at an ammunition depot at the Nea Achialos air force base.

A metal fragment, apparently from a missile, lies on a farm near the town of Nea Anchialos, in central Greece.

Authorities are maintaining an exclusion zone around an air force base in central Greece where wildfires have triggered powerful explosions at an ammunition depot.

One day after an unchecked wildfire in central Greece triggered massive explosions at an Air Force ammunition depot, leading to the evacuation of several F-16 fighter jets from the air base where the depot is located, Defense Minister Nikos Dendias requested an urgent sworn investigation from the Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff concerning the incident.

A wildfire that was raging unchecked in central Greece triggered massive explosions at an Air Force ammunition depot, forcing the evacuation of several F-16 fighter jets from the air base where the depot is located.

A new major explosion was reported at the Hellenic Air Force ammunition dump near Nea Anchialos on Thursday afternoon after a series of consecutive explosions have rocked the area. The police has ordered its evacuation.

The Hellenic Air Force has begun to gradually move its F-16s stationed at the Nea Anchialos Air Base as wildfires have begun to threaten the base itself.

The flames have already engulfed parts of the town of Nea Anchialos and earlier they triggered a series of major explosions at the air base's ammunition dump.