Blast at Turkish port kills one, injures 11

Blast at the Turkish Port of Derince

Turkish and other media have been reporting on an explosion at some grain silos at the Turkish port of Derince, in Kocaeli province in the northwest of the country, last week.

A couple of days later, grain silos at the French port of La Rochelle went up in flames, with 120 firefighters battling to bring the blaze under control. No one was hurt.

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