00:02At 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. Footage posted
00:21online showed a huge cloud of thick smoke pouring into the sky as flames appeared to engulf a tall
00:27structure within the plant. According to Izmir's governor, the blast was caused by an overhead
00:33crane that collapsed into a large industrial furnace used during the liquid steel casting process.
00:39He said 200 workers were in the crane's vicinity at the time of the incident.
00:45Workers' group said there was a long record of safety issues at Habas. According to local media,
00:52at least 11 workers had died over the past decade while working there.
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