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An explosion at a dairy factory in Yemen's Hudaida port killed at least 25 workers, medical sources said, with conflicting accounts attributing the blast to an airstrike by a Saudi-led alliance or to a rocket landing from a nearby army base, AFP reported.

The incident would appear to be one of the biggest cases of civilian deaths since a Saudi-led coalition began an air campaign against Houthi militia on March 26.

The 26September website of Yemen's factionalized army, which mostly sides with the Houthis, said 37 workers were killed and 80 wounded at the dairy and oils factory "during the aggressive airstrikes which targeted the two factories last night."

Medical sources in the city said 25 workers at the plant had been killed at the factory, which was located near an army camp loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a Houthi ally.

Residents and witnesses contacted by Reuters said the airstrikes had targeted the factory shortly after midnight on Wednesday. Others said rockets fired from the base - possibly as retaliation against the bombings - hit the factory.