A senior official of Izmir Municipality, Adnan Oguz Akyarli, said Friday two workers were killed and four others injured after an air tank exploded at the metro construction site.

Izmir Mayor Aziz Kocaoglu went to the site of the explosion immediately.

The explosion took place at Konak town's Hatay region, Street No. 114.

Members of the press are not being allowed to enter the site of the explosion.

The walls of surrounding buildings cracked while glasses were broken due to the explosion.

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