- At least six people have been killed and eight injured following an explosion at a steel plant in the Aliaga district of Izmir, Turkey.
- Initial findings suggest the explosion occurred after a ceiling crane snapped and fell into an electric arc furnace during liquid steel casting.
- Eyewitnesses reported that the blast shook the ground and sent large plumes of grey dust into the air, with one witness initially mistaking it for an earthquake.
- Emergency services and search and rescue teams were deployed to the Habas facility to tackle the fire and clear debris.
- Habas is one of Turkey's major steel producers with an annual capacity of 4.5 million metric tons of liquid steel.
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