Explosion at steel plant in western Turkey leaves 10 dead and 4 missing
Rescuers searched for trapped workers as officials said a crane collapse into a furnace sparked the blast and launched an investigation.
- A massive explosion at the HABAS steel plant in Aliaga, Izmir, killed ten workers and left four missing on Monday. An overhead crane toppled into a furnace during liquid-steel casting, triggering an intense fire at the facility.
- Established in 1987, the HABAS facility maintains an annual steel production capacity of 4.5 million tons. Located about 60 kilometers north of Izmir, the site is known for heavy industrial activity.
- Witness Deniz Ulker described the blast as feeling "like the earth's crust was shifting beneath us," while Nuri Ali Ulker called the fire "very intense" as it erupted.
- Izmir Mayor Cemil Tugay stated that rescue teams are "continuing their work to remove the collapsed platform" to reach missing workers. Officials confirmed 13 individuals remain hospitalized, with two in critical condition.
- International leaders and environmental activists gathered in Antalya for climate change talks as the disaster unfolded. This timing juxtaposes global sustainability discussions with the immediate industrial safety crisis in the region.
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Six workers died and 14 were injured in an explosion and fire at the Habas steel plant in Aliaga, near Izmir. Rescuers are still searching for eight people who are still trapped under the rubble.
AT LEAST six people were killed and 13 injured in a powerful explosion that hit the HABAŞ iron and steel factory in Aliağa, in Turkey's Izmir province, around noon today. Rescue services are searching for eight more people trapped under the rubble, Turkish authorities said.
Ten people died and another 15 were injured on Monday in the explosion of a steel factory near the port city of Smyrna, in western Turkey, according to the local government. Governor Süleyman Elban announced that ten workers had been killed and another 15 injured. Turkish media claim that four of them are in critical condition, AFP reports. “Search and rescue operations continue to reach our workers trapped under the rubble,” Justice Minister Ak…
The incident has triggered a fire affecting part of the factory's facilities.
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At least ten workers have been killed in an explosion at an iron and steel factory near Izmir in Turkey. Fifteen people were injured, according to the governor's office. The condition of four of the injured is critical.
An explosion followed by a fire occurred on Monday, 9 November, at a steel plant in the Aliaga district, Izmir province, in western Turkey. At least six people died, 13 others were injured, and eight workers would have been trapped under the rubble. Intervention teams continue search and rescue operations.
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