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Event / 30.08.2008 12:15 Blast in gunpowder factory of Turkey
Surrounding houses and business places were damaged, and a fire broke out after the blast.
The gunpowder factory of Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKE) in the central-Anatolian province of Kirikkale was rocked by an explosion which triggered a fire on Friday. Blast took place at the seventh kilometre of Kayseri highway of Turkey. ANS PRESS informed referring to Turkish press that 2 workers died ans 16 injured as a result of the blast. Surrounding houses and business places were damaged, and a fire broke out after the blast. Many ambulances and fire engines were sent to the scene. Kirikkale Governor Mustafa Bahrettin Demirer is also examining the scene.
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