The identities of those who lost their lives in the factory explosion have been revealed.

A blast occurred around 08:30 in the capsule production section of an ammunition factory located in the rural Kavaklı neighborhood of the Karesi district in Balıkesir.

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya reported that 12 people were announced to have lost their lives in the incident, with 11 confirmed dead and 7 injured. Minister Yerlikaya stated in his remarks in Balıkesir that the health conditions of the injured are good.

IDENTITIES REVEALED

Meanwhile, the identities of those who lost their lives have also been revealed. The factory personnel who died in the explosion were identified as Tuğba Demir (21), Çetin Karamüftüoğlu (38), Muhammet Ergin (34), Özlem Özçakır (33), Tuba Sert (41), Enes Kırmızı (28), Seda Akın (35), Seçil Çapa (24), Müberra Sönmez (45), Selin Karanlıkoğlu (27), and Elif Özgür (19). The deceased bodies have been sent to the Bursa Forensic Medicine Institution morgue.