An explosion occurred in Roketsan's facilities in Elmadağ district. While the images related to the explosion are on social media, the President of Defence Industry Professor. Dr. İsmail Demir said on Twitter, “There is no loss of life according to the first findings we made about the explosion in Roketsan”.

According to the Ankara Governor's statement, the explosion occurred at Roketsan's fuel tanks around 14:47. It was stated that three employees were slightly injured.

Roketsan announced that the explosion took place in the building, where the production was controlled with remote controlling systems.