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Turkey steel factory blast kills 6

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Six people were killed and around a dozen injured on Monday when an explosion ripped through an iron and steel factory near Turkey’s western resort city of Izmir, the governor’s office said. The governor’s office initially gave a toll of three dead, 14 injured and 10 trapped under the rubble, but gave an update saying one of the injured had died along with two of those pulled from the rubble, raising the toll to six. Footage posted from the scene showed a huge cloud of thick smoke pouring into...

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  1. Toronto Sun Leans right Factuality: Mostly factual CA
    Turkey steel factory blast kills 10

    According to Izmir's governor, the blast was caused when an overhead crane collapsed into a large industrial furnace used during the liquid steel casting process.

  2. South China Morning Post Leans right Factuality: High HK
    Turkey steel factory blast kills 6

    Six people were killed and around a dozen injured on Monday when an explosion ripped through an iron and steel factory near Turkey’s western resort city of Izmir, the governor’s office said. The governor’s office initially gave a toll of three dead, 14 injured and 10 trapped...

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