A fire Saturday at a perfume warehouse in northwestern Turkey housing numerous warehouses and factories killed six people including two teenagers, authorities said.

Five other people were injured, one of them seriously, and the owner of the warehouse was among three people arrested in the aftermath of the fire, officials said.

The fire broke out at 9:00 am (0600 GMT) in Dilovasi, around 70 kilometres (43 miles) from Istanbul, Ilhami Aktas, the governor of Kocaeli province, told public broadcaster TRT Haber.

Firefighters and other members of the emergency services quickly brought the fire under control, he said, adding: "Six of our citizens have unfortunately lost their lives."

Of the five injured, he said, one "is in a critical condition due to burns".

An investigation had been opened

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