17:08, December 29, 2005

At least four people were killed and five others injured in a fire that broke out in a factory in Turkey's northwestern province of Bursa early on Thursday.

According to the TRT TV channel, the fire started at about 2:00 a.m. (0000 GMT) on Thursday at a mattress factory in Bursa's Cali town.

One worker was reported missing and it was not immediately known whether the worker was in the factory when the fire broke out.

The blaze had been extinguished by firefighters, but the cause was not clear yet, said TRT, adding that an investigation was underway.