Explosion at Habas steel plant in Aliaga leaves casualties

An explosion in a furnace at the Habas steel plant in Aliaga, in Turkey's Izmir province, left people dead and wounded on Monday, with the number of casualties not yet known and a fire burning in one of the plant's workshops.

Why it matters: Habas is one of Turkey's large steel producers, and a fatal blast at its Aliaga works puts the plant's operations and Turkey's steel output under an immediate question until the toll and the damage are established.

Data as of TASS reports of November 9, 2026, in Russian, read in full via the estate browser route in this run: the first relaying the DHA news agency, the second, published about 25 minutes later, relaying the NTV television channel. Both underlying sources are Turkish outlets carried through a single Russian wire, no casualty count had been reported by any source read, and no independent corroboration was available in this run, so this item ships at grade C. Developing item.

An explosion tore through a furnace in the carbon dioxide filling workshop at the Habas Demir-Celik steel plant in Aliaga, in Turkey’s western Izmir province, on Monday, and a fire then broke out in one of the plant’s workshops, according to the DHA news agency and the NTV channel, both carried by TASS. Fire crews and ambulance teams were sent to the plant, and firefighting was under way.

NTV reported that there were dead and wounded in the explosion, but their number was not yet known. No cause for the blast had been reported in the accounts read.

Explosion at Habas steel plant in Aliaga leaves casualties

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