Six people have died in a fire at a perfume warehouse in northwestern Türkiye.
The governor of Kocaeli Province said the fire broke out in Dilovasi at 9:05 a.m. local time on Saturday.
Provincial Governor Ilhami Aktas told Turkish news outlet CNN Turk that five people were hospitalized and one person was being treated in a burn unit.
The fire has now been extinguished.
Images released by Turkish media show firefighters putting out a large fire.
“I heard an explosion… I looked from the balcony and saw that my colleague’s clothes were on fire. I took out a hose and put out the fire. Then I saw flames engulfing the factory,” an eyewitness told local TV, quoted by AFP.
The cause of the fire near Mimar Sinon remains unclear. Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said a judicial investigation had been launched and the Labor Ministry said it was also investigating.
Located about 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Istanbul, Dilovasi is an industrial city with numerous warehouses and factories.
