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| Turkey fireworks: Dozens hurt as blast traps workers | Turkey fireworks: Dozens hurt as blast traps workers |
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| A series of explosions at a fireworks factory in north-west Turkey trapped more than 150 workers inside the building and left 41 people wounded, officials say. | A series of explosions at a fireworks factory in north-west Turkey trapped more than 150 workers inside the building and left 41 people wounded, officials say. |
| Local governor Cetin Oktay Kaldirim told Anadolu news agency that emergency services were prevented from reaching the building because of the blasts. | Local governor Cetin Oktay Kaldirim told Anadolu news agency that emergency services were prevented from reaching the building because of the blasts. |
| He said there was no indication that anyone had been killed. | He said there was no indication that anyone had been killed. |
| The explosions in Hendek could be heard dozens of kilometres away. | The explosions in Hendek could be heard dozens of kilometres away. |
| A dark plume of smoke billowed above the factory and the government's disaster agency described the blasts as an industrial accident. | |
| Mr Kaldirim, the governor of Sakarya province, said 150-200 people had been working at the site at the time of the explosions. | |
| But the local mayor said many of them had managed to escape the blasts, which began at around 11:15 (08:15GMT). Turgut Babaoglu said dozens of firefighters and rescue workers had been sent to the scene. |