An explosion at a Turkish shipyard in the well-known shipbuilding area of Tuzla killed one worker and injured another on Monday, Turkish and other media have reported.

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According to the Bianet media organisation, the Istanbul government said gas build-up in the waste storage tank of a ship undergoing repair caused the blast.

The ship is believed to be the Seaprincess, a 15-year-old crude oil carrier sailing under the Maltese flag, that was undergoing maintenance at the Kiran shipyard in Tuzla.