Illustrative archive photo: Aliağa industrial coastline, January 2023 — not the HABAŞ plant and not the blast scene. Angelgreat, CC BY-SA 4.0; cropped and resized / Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AliagaPanoramaJanuary2023.jpg / License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
NEW World · 13:17
HABAŞ Aliağa steel plant blast: death toll rises to at least 17
The death toll from the HABAŞ Aliağa iron and steel plant explosion near İzmir has risen to at least 17, BBC News reported, after the Health Minister said a critically injured worker had died. President Erdoğan had earlier said 16 were killed. BBC reports 12 injured; Hürriyet (DHA/AA) also reports 17 dead. Investigations are under way and detentions have been reported.