One seafarer is reported to have died and 15 others were taken to hospital after an explosion and fire hit an LPG carrier in Turkey.

The blast happened in Petkim Port in Aliaga on a vessel named as Synergas' 4,007-cbm Syn Zania (built 2008) on Monday night, Menemen Haber reported.

Kaptan News Agency said one of the other seafarers was seriously injured.