Steel plant blast kills 16 in western Turkey

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An explosion at the Habas iron and steel plant in Turkey’s İzmir province killed 16 people, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said. Initial findings indicate that a ceiling crane fell into an arc furnace during liquid-steel casting.

ANKARA, Nov 9 (Reuters) - A blast at a steel and iron manufacturing plant in western Turkey on Monday killed 16 people, President Tayyip Erdogan said after a cabinet meeting. • An explosion took place at around noon (0900 GMT) at the Habas iron and steel manufacturing plant in the Aliaga district of the coastal Izmir province, the governor's office said in a statement • According to initial findings, the incident occurred when a ceiling crane snapped and fell into an arc furnace during the liquid steel casting process