More than fifty people were injured, and 18 were still unaccounted for as of early Monday following an explosion and a fire at Qatar’s key LNG site, Ras Laffan, due to a technical malfunction. State firm QatarEnergy said on Monday that there was an operational incident during the start-up of operations at Ras Laffan Industrial City, which resulted in an explosion and fire at the Barzan local gas supply facility in the evening hours of Sunday, June 21, 2026. Early on Monday local time, the Qatari Ministry of the Interior…