The governor’s office said a blast at the Habas iron and steel plant in Aliaga killed three people Monday. Fourteen were injured, and 10 remained trapped under rubble.
The plant is in Aliaga, a district of Izmir province on Turkey’s western coast. The governor’s office said three injured people were in serious condition, and the injured had been referred to hospitals in the region.
Rescue operations continued for the 10 people under the rubble, the governor’s office said.
The governor’s office said its preliminary account was that a crane snapped and dropped into an arc furnace as liquid steel was being cast. Local television footage showed large clouds of gray dust rising above the plant.
