Twelve Indian citizens were confirmed dead in Sunday night’s explosion at Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City, the Indian Embassy in Doha announced Monday, accounting for nearly all of the 13 workers killed in the accident.
The embassy released its confirmation through a statement on X on June 22, noting that Qatari officials had verified the nationalities of the deceased. “Qatari authorities have confirmed that 12 Indian nationals have unfortunately passed away in the Ras Laffan incident yesterday night. We extend our deepest condolences to the bereaved families and prayers for the departed souls,” the statement read.
According to the mission, those wounded in the blast are stable and receiving care, based on assurances from local authorities. The embassy said its teams were coordinating directly with Qatari officials to assist relatives and arrange for the bodies of the victims to be returned to India, and that dedicated helplines had been set up for affected families.
The remaining fatality was a Pakistani worker. Pakistan’s embassy in Doha conveyed its sorrow over the deaths and confirmed it was in touch with Qatari authorities to support its citizens affected by the disaster.
Energy Minister Saad Al Kaabi, who also heads QatarEnergy, told reporters that the blast struck during the restart of operations at the Barzan local gas supply facility, which had been deliberately taken offline since December 2025 for maintenance and brought back online only two days before the incident. He placed the death toll at 13 and the number of injured at 66, stating that none of the wounded faced life-threatening conditions.
Al Kaabi was firm that the event carried no link to the regional conflict. “QatarEnergy would like to emphasise that what occurred was an operational accident and not an act of sabotage or aggression,” the company stated, adding that a full inquiry had begun to determine what triggered the explosion.
QatarEnergy said it was extending complete assistance to everyone affected and offered condolences to the bereaved. The Energy Ministry separately stated that the facility’s export operations remained intact and that the surrounding environment faced no danger.
The accident comes as Qatar works to bring its gas infrastructure back to full capacity following months of disruption. Iranian strikes in March had damaged key processing units at the complex — which before the war supplied roughly a fifth of the world’s LNG — removing an estimated 17 percent of the country’s export capacity from the market. The UAE was among those expressing solidarity with Qatar after the blast, wishing the injured a quick recovery.
