Turkish refinery explosion kills two

An explosion ripped through a storage tank at Turkey’s largest oil refinery in the country's north-west today, killing two South African workers, injuring seven other people and leaving 16 needing treatment for breathing problems.

The explosion occurred at TUPRAS oil refinery, near Izmit, 60 miles east of Istanbul, while workers were dismantling an empty tank, said Deputy Governor Celalettin Ozdal of Izmit.