Eleven people were killed and 40 others wounded in an explosion
in a factory in Turkey's largest city of Istanbul on Thursday,
Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler said.
Local NTV quoted Guler as reporting that the explosion took
place in a five-story business center near "Sisecam" factory on
Davutpasa Cifte Havuzlar street in Zeytinburnu district of
Istanbul.
Fire and rescue squads were sent to the explosion site, added
Guler.
An early report put the toll at two people killed and 40 others
wounded.
(Xinhua News Agency January 31, 2008)
