Authorities said the incident in Ras Laffan Industrial City was caused by a “technical malfunction”
A massive explosion and fire hit Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City on Sunday evening, with authorities attributing the incident to a “technical malfunction” during operations at a local gas facility rather than an attack.
Qatar’s Interior Ministry initially said an “internal explosion” had occurred at a factory in Ras Laffan due to a technical incident, adding that civil defense teams were responding and that there was no threat to public safety. In a later update, the ministry said “a number of injuries” had been reported, while stressing that…
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