Just as it was reeling from a deadly fireworks factory blast last Friday, another explosion hit the northwestern Turkish province of Sakarya on Thursday.
The Interior Ministry said three soldiers were killed and six others were injured in the blast in a truck in Taşkısığı, a rural region home to quarries, a military base and a construction site for a section of a new highway.
Media outlets reported that the explosion took place when soldiers were carrying unexploded fireworks recovered from last week’s fireworks factory blast for demolition in a quarry. Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu traveled to the area following the explosion.
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Source: Daily Sabah