An explosion at a steel plant in Aliaga, about 60 kilometres north of Izmir in western Turkey, killed 16 workers and injured 13 others. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said two of the injured were in serious condition. Earlier reports put the death toll at six and then 10, while injury figures also varied as the toll was updated.

A single report said an overhead crane may have failed and fallen into an industrial furnace during maintenance work, causing a fire. The justice minister said an investigation had been opened, and that report said six people were arrested; it did not specify the grounds for the arrests.