Cause of ammunition depot blast was negligence: report
ISTANBUL
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The
cause of an explosion at a munitions depot that killed 25 soldiers on Sept. 5
in the western province of Afyonkarahisar was negligence, according to the
initial report prepared by bomb technicians who investigated the scene, daily
Zaman has reported.
Hand
grenades and cannon balls, which should not be situated in the same place, were
being stocking up together in the depot, the report said.
The detonators of the grenades and the fuses of the cannon balls were
mistakenly attached during the delivery.
The
blast reportedly erupted when a 105mm cannon ball fell to
the ground. The intensity of the blast was fed by all the other
grenades and balls with their attachments on.
Around
100,000 hand grenades exploded due to the first blast, while 15,000 of
them are estimated to be under the soil. Around
5,000 grenades have been retrieved from the area during search
operations.
Some 67
cannon balls that were not affected by the explosion were also unearthed.
