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Tanker blast at Turkish port kills 1 Italian crew member, 15 injured

An explosion at an LPG tanker killed one Italian crew member and injured 15 others at the port of Aliaga in Turkey’s western Izmir province late on Monday, petrochemicals maker Petkim said.

The vessel was anchored at a harbor at the Petkim petrochemical plant operated by the Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR.

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