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At least 177 people have been killed and more than 700 others injured after a series of blasts hit a Turkish town near the border with Syria.
Several blasts rocked Reyhanli town in the southern province of Hatay on Saturday, with Interior Minister Muammar Guler telling Turkish media that they were caused by car bombs.

The minister said that two vehicles packed with explosives detonated near the town’s post office and municipality.

Some 29 injured were in critical conditions, Guler also said.

Reports say that rescuers were at the scene looking for possible survivors buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings.

The municipality building suffered major damage, local media said, adding several cars were totally wrecked in the blasts that also caused a power failure in the area around the town.

“We are going to launch an inquiry into all this, so that everything becomes clear,” Guler said, adding that the regional governor was sent to Reyhanli to “put the necessary security measures in place.”

Earlier reports said four blasts shook the town, which is located only a few kilometers from the Syria border.

In February, seventeen people were killed and 30 others injured after a minibus exploded at a crossing on Turkey’s border with Syria near Reyhanli.

The Cilvegozu border post is one of the main crossing points for Syrian refugees into the neighboring country, according to Turkish officials.