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Explosion at steel plant in western Turkey leaves 16 dead and 13 injured

Explosion at steel plant in western Turkey leaves 16 dead and 13 injured
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A huge explosion and fire at an iron and steelworks in western Turkey left 16 people dead Monday, officials said. The fire at the HABAS plant in Aliaga, Izmir province, also injured 13 people, two of them critically, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a televised address following a scheduled...

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