Latest situation in the explosion in Aliağa HABAŞ factory: The identities of the 17 workers who lost their lives have been revealed

Identification efforts are continuing for the 17 people who lost their lives in the explosion at the iron and steel factory belonging to HABAŞ in Aliağa district of Izmir.

Autopsy and identification studies were carried out throughout the night at the Izmir Forensic Medicine Institute for the bodies of those who lost their lives. Relatives came to the institution to receive the bodies.

While DNA comparison is being made on the samples taken from the corpses and families, the grieving relatives continue to wait in front of the institution.

THEIR IDENTITIES ARE ANNOUNCED

The identities of the 17 workers who lost their lives in the explosion have been revealed.

Those who lost their lives were announced as follows:

“Ceylan Bıyıklı, Recep Fedai, Ferhat Maraşlı, Fatih Işık, Mustafa Sert, Kadir Kaan Özçelik, Abdülkadir Kınacı, Özcan Efe, İlker Sığırtmacıoğlu, Hüsnü Ersoy, Göksel Ünaldı, Yasin Taşçı, Uğur Temel, Barış Güney, Orhan Altay, Ersin Oğuz and Serkan Kurt.”

In the explosion that occurred at the factory, 14 workers were injured, one of them seriously. It was reported that the treatment of the injured workers continues.

The damage to the factory where the explosion occurred was viewed from the air this morning. Images recorded with a drone revealed the size of the explosion.

NTV Regional Representative Merih Ak, who conveyed the latest developments in front of the factory, reported that the number of people detained in the investigation increased to 7.

Stating that the Minister of Labor and Social Security, Vedat Işıkhan, is in Izmir and the investigations regarding the explosion are continuing, Ak noted that the Deputy Minister of Justice, Can Tuncay, will also come to the factory in the coming hours to make inspections.