İzmir: Steelworks explosion kills 16 in Aliağa
Thirteen injured people are receiving hospital treatment, two in serious condition, according to the Turkish presidency. Authorities are investigating the cause.
The blast occurred around midday on Monday, 9 November, at the HABAŞ plant in Aliağa, in İzmir province, while molten steel was being cast. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced after a cabinet meeting that 16 people had died.
Reuters reported that, according to an initial assessment by the İzmir governor’s office, an overhead crane broke loose and fell into an electric arc furnace during casting. Authorities have opened an investigation. The crane assessment is preliminary, and the cause of the failure has yet to be established.
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