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At least 13 dead in 'accidental' explosion at Qatar gas plant
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At least 13 dead in 'accidental' explosion at Qatar gas plant

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

At a glance

News From a news agency Outcome reported
  • An explosion and subsequent fire at the Barzan gas plant in Qatar killed at least 13 people and injured 66.
  • QatarEnergy confirmed the incident was an accident, not an act of sabotage, and stated the plant had recently resumed operations after maintenance.
  • The explosion had no environmental impact, and investigations into the cause are underway.

At least 13 people died and 66 were injured in an explosion and fire at Qatar's Barzan gas plant, a key supplier of domestic gas. The incident occurred Monday evening, according to Saad al-Kaabi, president of QatarEnergy, which operates the facility.

I would like to emphasize that this was an accident, and not sabotage or a hostile act.

— Saad al-KaabiQatar's Minister of State for Energy Affairs confirming the nature of the Barzan plant incident.

Al-Kaabi, who also serves as Qatar's Minister of State for Energy Affairs, emphasized that the event was "an accident, and not sabotage or a hostile act." The deceased were identified as Indian and Pakistani nationals, while the injured hailed from India, Pakistan, Iran, Qatar, Bangladesh, Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, and Nepal.

The production of this plant... had been intentionally completely stopped since December 2025 due to urgent maintenance and work in this facility had resumed only two days ago.

— Saad al-KaabiQatar's Minister of State for Energy Affairs explaining the plant's operational status prior to the explosion.

The Barzan plant, located in the Ras Laffan Industrial City, had been intentionally shut down since December 2025 for urgent maintenance and had only resumed operations two days prior to the explosion. An investigation into the cause of the "unfortunate incident" has been launched. Al-Kaabi assured that the explosion had no environmental impact.

We have started a full investigation to determine the cause of this unfortunate incident.

— Saad al-KaabiQatar's Minister of State for Energy Affairs on the investigation into the explosion.

Ras Laffan, Qatar's energy hub, is home to the world's largest natural gas processing plant. While Qatar is currently mediating efforts to end the war between the United States and Iran, the country has previously been a target of drone and missile attacks due to hosting a major U.S. military base.

There has been no environmental impact from the explosion.

— Saad al-KaabiQatar's Minister of State for Energy Affairs addressing environmental concerns.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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