Sakarya Governor's Office

An abandoned fishing net in Lake Sapanca has killed at least 68 wild ducks and hundreds of fish, according to residents of Turkey's northwestern Sakarya province.

The massacre at Lake Sapanca was revealed after a couple practicing sport fishing there found them.

An explosion on a natural gas pipeline occurred and was followed by a fire in the Marmara province of Sakarya yesterday. No casualties were reported, according to the Sakarya Governor's Office.

An 8-month-old baby with a fatal disease died in the Marmara province of Sakarya on May 22 after a campaign to raise money for the infant's treatment failed to raise enough funds, Doğan News Agency has reported.
  
The boy, Eymen Çapkın, was born with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a genetic disease affecting the part of the nervous system that controls voluntary muscle movement.

A private company has found natural gas reserves at a depth of 400-450 meters in three districts of Sakarya province in northwestern Turkey, according to sources.