An explosion at a steel plant in western Turkiye has killed at least 16 people and injured 13 others. The blast happened at 11:46am local time (08:46 GMT) on Monday at the HABAS factory in Aliaga, about 60km (37 miles) north of Izmir, which sits on the Aegean Sea in western Turkiye. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced an investigation and reported that two of the wounded were in serious condition. Izmir’s governor said the explosion was caused by an overhead crane falling into a large industrial furnace while the boiler was being replaced. Izmir Mayor Cemil Tugay said that the full number of dead and injured would only become clear once the rubble had been cleared. Deniz Ulker, an eyewitness, said the explosion felt like an “earthquake”.
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