Tirana  - Four workers were injured Sunday in a powerful explosion in a steel factory in Albania, local media reported.

The injured included three Albanians and one Turk, all employed at the factory owned by Kurum, a Turkish steel company, in the central Albanian town of Elbasan, police said.

The head of Elbasan's police, Ylli Metko, told reporters that the explosion was an accident. No other details were known. dpa