Two People Die In Fire In Izmir

IZMIR - Two people died in a fire which broke out in a cafe in Balcova township of western Izmir province on Wednesday. Five others were injured.
Izmir Security Director Halil Tas and Balcova Subgovernor Yuksel Ayhan who came to the scene said that fire broke out at 7.10 p.m. due to explosion which occurred because of gas compression in the cafe, ''Sarkevi Kafeterya'', on Sakarya Street in Balcova.
Five people who were injured in fire were taken to Dokuz Eylul University Hospital.
Officials said that two bodies of a man and a woman who died in the fire would be identified with DNA test.
(EÖ-Öª) 19.02.2004