Six killed in Istanbul fireworks blasts
09/06/2005 - 11:35:28A series of explosions at a fireworks warehouse in Istanbul today have killed at least six people, police said.
The explosions occurred at a depot in Umraniye, on the outskirts of the Asian side of the city, at around 11am (9am Irish time), police said. The cause was not immediately known.
Firefighters quickly brought a blaze at the warehouse under control and recovered the bodies of six people, police said.
The Anatolia news agency reported the dead included a child.
