Blast rocks Turkish military base

An explosion has rocked a military base in north-western Turkey, causing several casualties, reports say.

One person was killed and two were injured in the blast at a base in Sakarya province, according to local governor Nuri Okutan.

The fatality is reported to be a woman, and the two injured, a woman and child.

The Turkish TV channel CNN Turk said some people playing with ammunition had triggered the blast at a base about 150 kilometres (90 miles) from Istanbul.

They entered the military area to graze animals and started picking up bits of metal when the explosion occurred, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

The military area is closed to civilians, but villagers are known to sneak into the area.