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
