Qatar gas plant blast injures 54 people, 18 missing
DOHA – A huge blast at a Qatar gas hub that sent flames shooting into the night sky has injured 54 people, authorities said yesterday as they searched for 18 others missing. A “technical incident” caused the explosion late on Sunday in the Gulf emirate’s Ras Laffan industrial zone, the interior ministry said. The blast... The post Qatar gas plant blast injures 54 people, 18 missing appeared first on New Era .
DOHA – A huge blast at a Qatar gas hub that sent flames shooting into the night sky has injured 54 people, authorities said yesterday as they searched for 18 others missing.
A “technical incident” caused the explosion late on Sunday in the Gulf emirate’s Ras Laffan industrial zone, the interior ministry said.
The blast took place at a unit supplying gas to local firms and reverberated across the capital Doha. An AFP journalist 20 kilometres away saw bright orange flames and a plume of smoke rising from the area, home to the world’s largest liquefied natural gas hub.
