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| 'Four die' at Turkey power plant | |
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| An explosion at the construction site of a hydroelectric power plant in central Turkey has left four workers dead, the state-run news agency says. | |
| Five workers were injured in the incident, Anatolia reported. | |
| The cause of the blast in the province of Kahramanmaras was not immediately known, Reuters quoted the provincial governor as saying in a statement. | The cause of the blast in the province of Kahramanmaras was not immediately known, Reuters quoted the provincial governor as saying in a statement. |
| CNN Turk reported that the four workers were drowned after a water gate at the hydroelectric plant burst. | CNN Turk reported that the four workers were drowned after a water gate at the hydroelectric plant burst. |
| A valve on a pipeline broke, releasing pressurised water which swept away the workers, the channel said. | |
| One worker remained unaccounted for, CNN added. | |
| The power plant was owned by a private company, said the governor, Mehmet Niyazi Tanilir, Reuters reported. | |
| Workers' safety in Turkey has recently come under closer scrutiny in the wake of a number of fatal accidents at shipyards in Istanbul. |