Explosion hits home of family who travelled to Ordu to harvest hazelnuts, leaving three injured
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- An explosion in the kitchen of a home in Ünye, Ordu province, caused a fire and seriously injured a couple and their 15-year-old son.
- Firefighters, gendarmerie and medical teams reached the house after a difficult journey and extinguished the blaze.
- The family was taken to hospitals in Ünye and Samsun, while authorities began an investigation.
A family from Istanbul was preparing to leave for the garden at their home in Ünye, Ordu, where they had travelled to pick hazelnuts, when an explosion struck the kitchen.
The blast caused a fire at the house in the Fındıklı cluster of homes in Pelitliyatak neighbourhood. Firefighters from Ordu, gendarmerie officers and medical teams were sent to the scene.
Because of the distance and geographic conditions, emergency crews took considerable time to reach the home. They eventually extinguished the fire, but the house became unusable.
İlhan Kolcu, his wife Gülhanım Kolcu and their 15-year-old son were seriously injured. Medical teams first took them to Ünye State Hospital before transferring them to the Ondokuz Mayıs University Medical Faculty Hospital in Samsun. Authorities have opened an investigation.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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