- Title: Explosions, fire rock Turkish ammunition depot near Syria, no casualties
- Date: 9th August 2019
- Summary: HATAY, TURKEY (AUGUST 9, 2019) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF AMMUNITION DEPOT ON FIRE, EXPLOSIONS, SMOKE SMOKE BILLOWING FROM DEPOT WATER FROM HOSE BEING SPRAYED ON DEPOT (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) HATAY RESIDENT, AHMET ESOGLU, SAYING: "There was an explosion between 02.30-03.00 am. There is an ammunition depot here, it exploded. Thank God, there are no casualties. We have evacuated the neighborhood. Everybody went to stay with their relatives. There is no other problem." VARIOUS OF WATER BEING SPRAYED ON DEPOT
- Embargoed: 23rd August 2019 08:25
- Keywords: Reyhanli Hatay fire border town emergency service Turkey Syrian border explosion ammunition depot
- Location: HATAY, TURKEY
- City: HATAY, TURKEY
- Country: Turkey
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Fires
- Reuters ID: LVA001ARHYIPZ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A series of explosions rocked an ammunition depot in Turkey's Hatay province, near the Syrian border, early on Friday (August 9) and nearby homes were evacuated but there were no reports of casualties, Turkish broadcaster NTV said.
The cause of the blasts at around 3:30 am (0030 GMT) in Hatay's Reyhanli town was not immediately clear. Emergency services had sealed off the area.
After the explosions, fire broke out in some parts of the military ammunition depot located near a football stadium just to the north of the border town of Reyhanli, the state-owned Anadolu news agency said.
The main highway running north from Reyhanli and other nearby roads were closed to traffic after the blasts, NTV said.
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