At least five people have died in an explosion at a rocket factory in Ankara, foreign networks report.
The explosion occurred at approximately 8:45 am local time at the facilities of the state-owned Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation, in a suburb of the Turkish capital.
IN #Ankarathere was an explosion at the rocket plant of the Corporation of Machine-Building and Chemical Industry.
A fire started after the explosion. There are dead. pic.twitter.com/9hgJcRyquM
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) June 10, 2023
Several ambulances and fire engines arrived at the scene.
This was reported to journalists by the local governor Vasip Shahin. no other stuck workers waiting to be rescued or transported to the hospital.
The windows of neighboring houses were knocked out by the force of the shock wave, according to the NTV channel.
A police investigation is underway to ascertain the circumstances that caused the explosion.
Source: Associated Press.
Source: Kathimerini
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