00:01At least 17 people were killed and 13 injured in an explosion at a steel plant in the western
00:08Turkish province of Izmir on Monday. All those killed and injured were workers at the Habas
00:14plant in Aliaga, one of the country's leading steel producers, authorities said.
00:20Footage posted online showed a huge cloud of thick smoke pouring into the sky as flames
00:26appeared to engulf a tall structure within the plant. According to Izmir's governor, the blast
00:32was caused by an overhead crane that collapsed into a large industrial furnace used during the
00:37liquid steel casting process. He said 200 workers were in the crane's vicinity at the time of the
00:44incident. Workers' group said there was a long record of safety issues at Habas. According to
00:51local media, at least 11 workers had died over the past decade while working there.
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