Please agree to our privacy policy to enable news listening. (Central News Agency, Duha, comprehensive foreign news report on the 21st) Qatar’s Ministry of Interior stated that a factory in the Ras Laffan Industrial Area exploded due to technical problems today, injuring several people. The Ministry of Interior stated in a statement: “The Civil Defense Force has taken response measures.” Agence France-Presse reported that reporters heard an explosion in the capital Doha, 80 kilometers away from the incident site. The Ras Laffan Industrial Zone is the world’s largest liquefied natural gas transshipment hub. When the explosion occurred today, flames lit up the night sky and thick smoke rose. Although the Qatari authorities emphasized that the explosion was caused by internal problems, the Ras Laffan Industrial Zone had been severely damaged in the war between the United States, Israel and Iran. During the war, Iran launched attacks on energy infrastructure in the Persian Gulf, including attacks on Ras Laffan, forcing Qatar to suspend natural gas production. Now that the United States and Iran have reached an armistice agreement, the Ras Laffan Industrial Zone has been restarted. State-owned enterprise Qatar Energy said that when the explosion occurred, “the Ras Laffan Industrial Zone was already in operation. The accident caused an explosion and a fire at the local Barzan gas supply facility.” During the U.S.-Iran war, Qatar was attacked by Iranian drones on key facilities on March 2 and suspended liquefied natural gas production; it was subsequently attacked further on March 18. At the time, Qatar’s Energy Minister Saad Al-Kaabi said that after the second attack, Qatar’s LNG exports were expected to decrease by 17%, and that repairs might take three to five years. (Compiled by: Ji Jinling) 1150622 Support Central News Agency’s choice to stand with the facts. Every donation you make is a small amount of support to protect press freedom. Download the Central News Agency’s “First-hand News” APP to get the latest news in real time. The text, pictures and audio and video of this website may not be reproduced, publicly broadcast or publicly transmitted and used without authorization.
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