The early-morning explosion occurred at Machinery and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKE) factory in the Elmadag district of Capital city of Türkiye, Turanews.kz reports citing the Press Service of Turkish National Defense Ministry.
“An explosion occurred at the MKE Rocket and Explosives Factory in the Elmadag district of Ankara. As a result of the explosion, five of our workers have been martyred,” the ministry said in a statement.
It added that judicial and administrative investigations have been launched into the incident.
The facility where the early-morning blast took place is owned by Türkiye’s Machinery and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKE).
