Ankara, July 3 (TIWN) At least 50 people were injured in an explosion at a fireworks factory in Turkey's northwestern province of Sakarya on Friday.

At least 2 people have been killed and more than 70 others have been injured in Friday's blast, Sakarya Governor Cetin Oktay Kaldirim said.     There were an estimated 150 workers at the factory outside the town of Hendek, in Sakarya, Kaldirim said.  Some of those injured are reported to be in critical condition.  Turkey's Interior Minister Suleman Soylu, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca and Social Minister Zehra Selcuk reached Sakarya soon after to monitor the situation on the ground.