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Qatar says Iran attack sparks fire in area hosting major gas facility
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleQatar’s interior ministry says that an Iranian attack set a fire at the Gulf state’s main gas facility, situated on its north coast.
“Civil defense is dealing with a fire in the Ras Laffan area following an Iranian targeting,” the ministry says in a statement after Tehran said it would target energy infrastructure across the Gulf following a US-Israeli attack on its own gas facilities.
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