土耳其西部鋼鐵廠爆炸造成16人死亡

安卡拉11月9日（路透）——土耳其總統塔伊普・艾爾段在內閣會議後表示，土耳其西部一座鋼鐵製造廠週一發生爆炸，造成16人死亡。ANKARA, Nov 9 (Reuters) - A blast at a steel and iron manufacturing plant in western Turkey on Monday killed 16 people, President Tayyip Erdogan said after a cabinet meeting.

• 省長辦公室在聲明中表示，沿海伊茲密爾省阿利亞加區的哈巴斯鋼鐵製造廠約在中午（格林威治時間0900）發生爆炸• An explosion took place at around noon (0900 GMT) at the Habas iron and steel manufacturing plant in the Aliaga district of the coastal Izmir province, the governor's office said in a statement

• 根據初步調查，事故發生在鋼水澆鑄過程中，當時一座天車斷裂並掉入電弧爐• According to initial findings, the incident occurred when a ceiling crane snapped and fell into an arc furnace during the liquid steel casting process

• 當地電視台播出的畫面顯示，大量灰色粉塵從廠區上方升起• Footage broadcast by local TV stations showed large plumes of grey dust rising above the plant

• 聲明指出，傷者被轉送到該地區多家醫院治療，14名傷者中有3人傷勢嚴重• Those injured were referred to various hospitals in the region for treatment, and 3 of the 14 injured were in a serious condition, according to the statement

• 搜救行動仍在進行，以接觸爆炸後仍受困瓦礫堆下的10人• Search and rescue operations were ongoing to reach the 10 people still trapped under the rubble after the blast

（侯賽因・哈亞特塞韋爾與達倫・巴特勒報導；艾丹・路易斯編輯）(Reporting by Huseyin Hayatsever and Daren Butler; Editing by Aidan Lewis)