Fifty-four folks have been injured and 18 others have been lacking after an explosion at Qatar’s core LNG processing web site of Ras Laffan on Sunday, authorities mentioned.
QatarEnergy mentioned a blast and fireplace occurred on the Barzan gasoline facility throughout the start-up of operations Ras Laffan Industrial City on Sunday night. Emergency groups have been despatched to regulate the hearth, which is now beneath management.
The Inside Ministry mentioned 54 folks have been injured and 18 are nonetheless lacking, and search operations are ongoing. It mentioned the explosion was attributable to a “technical accident” and confirmed there isn’t any gasoline leak that threatens public security.
Officers additionally mentioned the Qatari Worldwide Search and Rescue Group, together with civil protection groups, is constant efforts to seek out the lacking folks.
The inside ministry described the incident as an “inside explosion”, including in a later assertion {that a} “technical malfunction” was guilty.
The entire variety of injured individuals within the incident that occurred at a manufacturing unit in Ras Laffan Industrial Metropolis has reached (54). The Qatar Worldwide Search and Rescue Group of the Inside Safety Power (Lekhwiya), in cooperation with Civil Protection groups, is conducting search…
— Ministry of Inside – Qatar (@MOI_QatarEn) June 22, 2026
It added that 54 folks have been injured at a manufacturing unit in Ras Laffan Industrial Metropolis and search operations for the 18 lacking proceed.
QatarEnergy didn’t say if the plant itself was broken. The plant provides gasoline to the home market.
A Reuters reporter mentioned a loud blast was heard in Doha, which is positioned south of Ras Laffan.
Ras Laffan had already suffered heavy injury throughout the US-Iran struggle, when Iranian strikes focused power amenities within the Gulf and compelled Qatar to cease gasoline manufacturing.
Qatar, one of many world’s largest LNG producers together with the US, Australia, and Russia, stopped LNG manufacturing on March 2 after Iranian drone assaults hit necessary amenities.
Additional assaults on March 18 are anticipated to scale back LNG export capability by 17% and will take three to 5 years to restore, in line with Power Minister Saad Al-Kaabi at the moment.
