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Industrial explosion in Ankara kills 7, injures 34 (Roundup)
Feb 3, 2011, 16:47 GMT
Istanbul - At least seven people were killed and 34 injured Thursday in an apparent accidental explosion at a factory in Turkey's capital Ankara, media reports said.
The death toll was likely to rise because several people were still believed to be buried under the rubble left by the explosion.
The Ankara governor's office said that of the 34 people injured in the blast, 4 were in critical condition.
The powerful explosion is believed to have been caused by a worker's mishandling of oxygen tanks at the factory, which employed at least 80 people in manufacturing hydraulic machinery.
The factory, located in the city's industrial district Ostim, suffered severe damage, while several nearby cars were crushed and windows in adjacent buildings were blown out.
The Turkish Search and Rescue Association, AKUT, was continuing to search for survivors or bodies.
The Secretary General of the opposition People's Republican Party, Gursel Tekin, called for more thorough technical inspections at industrial sites in Turkey.
'It's not just here; this is a problem in many places in Turkey's big cities,' Tekin said.
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