The steel melted and the furnaces burned! They hugged the Turkish flag...

The workers who lost their lives in the explosion at the HABAŞ Iron and Steel Factory in Izmir have begun to be buried. Tears flooded at the funerals of 31-year-old İlker Sığırtmaçoğlu and 38-year-old Hüsnü Ersoy, who worked in the same factory and were cousins. 42-year-old Özcan Efe, father of three children, was also sent off in Manisa.

A funeral ceremony was held for İlker Sığırtmaçoğlu (31) and his cousin Hüsnü Ersoy (38), a married father of two daughters, who lost their lives in the explosion at the HABAŞ Iron and Steel Factory in Aliağa district of Izmir, at Bozköy Mosque in Bozköy District of Aliağa district.

According to the news in DHA, Minister of Labor and Social Security Vedat Işıkhan, İzmir Governor Süleyman Elban, MHP Deputy General Secretary and İzmir Deputy Tamer Osmanağaoğlu, AK Party İzmir Provincial Chairman Bilal Saygılı, Sığırtmaçoğlu and Ersoy's family and relatives attended the funeral ceremony.

The bodies of Sığırtmaçoğlu and Ersoy were first brought to the mosque in Menemen's Bozköy District, where their homes were located.

Minister Işıkhan expressed his condolences to the relatives of Sığırtmaçoğlu and Ersoy. The bodies of Sığırtmaçoğlu and Ersoy were buried in Bozköy District Cemetery after the funeral prayer.

Relatives shed tears over the coffins of Sığırtmaçoğlu and Ersoy, draped in the Turkish flag.

Özcan Efe (42), one of the workers who lost their lives in the explosion, was sent off on his last journey in his hometown, Manisa. A funeral prayer was performed for Efe, the father of three children, at the Yusuf Sedat Altıntaş Mosque in the Şehzadeler district before the evening.

After the prayer, Efe's body was carried on shoulders for a while and he was buried in Kırtık Cemetery. It was learned that Özcan Efe had been working at the factory where the incident took place for approximately 1.5 years.

57-year-old Abdulkadir Kınacı, one of those who lost their lives in the explosion at the HABAŞ Iron and Steel Factory in Aliağa district of Izmir, was buried with tears.

It was learned that Kınacı, who was buried at the funeral ceremony attended by the Minister of Labor and Social Security Vedat Işıkhan, started working 4 days ago and was married and the father of three children.