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A massive explosion occurred on Sunday (June 21) night at a major natural gas export terminal in Ras Laffan, Qatar. The accident occurred when the employees were trying to restart the terminal after the Iranian attack. Due to the loud explosion, a massive fire broke out there. In which about 54 people were reported injured, while 18 people were missing till several hours later. At present, relief teams are continuously working on the spot.
Qatar Home Ministry gave information
According to Qatar’s government company ‘QatarEnergy’, a big explosion and fire occurred in the ‘Barzan’ gas supply plant on Sunday night during work in the export terminal. No concrete information has been revealed so far about the damage caused by the terminal explosion. Although officials had earlier said that some people were injured, Qatar’s Interior Ministry later released the figures of those injured in the accident.
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Qatar is one of the world’s top natural gas producers, so this big explosion in the industrial area here can also have an impact on the global energy market. On the other hand, due to closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran, Qatar was not able to supply gas to its suppliers, due to which Qatar had stopped its production.
The total number of injured persons in the incident that occurred at a factory in Ras Laffan Industrial City has reached (54). The Qatar International Search and Rescue Group of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya), in cooperation with Civil Defense teams, is conducting search…
— Ministry of Interior – Qatar (@MOI_QatarEn) June 22, 2026
Qatar had stopped gas production after Iran’s attacks
According to officials, in March an Iranian missile had hit ‘Ras Laffan’, causing a massive fire there and causing huge damage. Due to continuous attacks by Iran, Qatar had already stopped gas production there. Now, amid the possibility of improvement in the situation in Western Asia due to talks between US-Iran and relaxation in Hormuz, Qatar has again started work on opening its export terminal. During this time a big accident happened.
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Why is ‘Barjan’ plant important?
‘Barzan’ plant is very important for Qatar. Its capacity was to sell approximately 1.4 billion standard cubic feet of gas daily. Qatar used this gas mainly to generate electricity in its country and to run important water purification plants in desert areas. Almost the entire part of this plant belongs to Qatar, while a small part is with the American oil company.
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