This afternoon in Turkey, two people have been killed and a further sixteen wounded in an explosion which rocked the governor's building in the southern city of Adana.

Fire breaks out after a bombing at the parking lot of the Adana governor's office in southeastern Turkish, Nov. 24, 2016. Two people were killed and 21 others injured early Thursday in the bomb attack, Hurriyet News reported. (Xinhua/Mert Macit)

Firefighters work after a bombing at the parking lot of the Adana governor's office in southeastern Turkish, Nov. 24, 2016. Two people were killed and 21 others injured early Thursday in the bomb attack, Hurriyet News reported. (Xinhua/Mert Macit)

The country's Anadolu news agency said the blast occurred in a vehicle in the car park in front of the building.

Turkish EU Affairs Minister, Omer Celik, described the explosion on Twitter as a "vile attack", but there was no immediate statement from authorities on the cause of the blast.

Kurdish, Islamist and leftist militants have all carried out bomb attacks in the country in recent years.