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Grieving relatives faced an agonising wait for the identification of their dead yesterday after a huge blast at a Turkish steel plant killed 17 people, as labour groups called a string of protests over safety issues. Onlookers said Monday’s massive explosion felt like “an earthquake” when it ripped through the HABAS steel factory in Aliaga, a district known for shipbreaking and heavy industry about 35 km from the western port city of Izmir. The deadly blast at one of Turkiye ‘s top steel producers also left another dozen people injured, one of whom was in a critical condition. Speaking to reporters at the plant, deputy Justice Minister Can Tuncay said forensic investigators had determined the victims had died from “burns so severe they caused carbonisation”. Prosecutors had issued another 11 arrest warrants, including one for HABAS’ chairman and other senior plant officials, he said. An initial six people were detained on Monday. Outside the forensic institute in Aliaga, bereaved family members said they had waited all night for confirmation that their loved ones had been identified so they could be laid to rest. “We have been here since yesterday,” said Turgut Dilek, whose nephew Ozcan Efe was killed. “Since the bodies are in a condition that makes visual identification impossible, the identification process is carried out through DNA analysis.” Sevval Ozcelik, whose 25-year-old brother Kaan Ozcelik had worked at HABAS as a mechanical engineer for just three months, vowed she would not rest until those responsible were found. “They took my brother’s life. I will not let this go … They will answer for this, one by one,” she told journalists at Aliaga hospital. As anger grew over the deadly blast, labour rights groups called three protests yesterday evening, one in Aliaga, and two others in Istanbul and Ankara. Also fighting for his life was a HABAS truck driver who escaped the blast but went inside to find his colleagues and was so traumatised that he set himself alight outside the factory later that evening, said an AFP photographer who witnessed the incident. ...
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