At least 6 workers were killed and 13 injured, 3 of them seriously, in an explosion at the HABAŞ Iron and Steel Plant in Izmir Aliğa Province, with 8 others still trapped under the rubble, according to the Izmir Governor's Office.
The explosion happened around noon during a steel casting. The governor's office says that based on preliminary findings, an overhead crane came loose and fell into an electric arc furnace.
The explosion caused a fire in the factory. Rescuers are still searching the wreckage, and authorities have launched an investigation. One witness told Anadolu Agency that the explosion was so powerful that she first mistook it for an earthquake.