KUWAIT
Explosion and Fire at Gas Tank in Kuwait
A fire broke out in a 450,000-barrel propane gas tank No. 406 at the al-Ahmadi industrial area in Kuwait at 9:15 p.m. local time on 22 May following an explosion in a gas line which resulted in a three-day precautionary shutdown of the Mina al-Ahmadi and Shuaiba refineries, the Petrochemical Industries Company's plants as well as the Shuaiba and al-Ahmadi ports. The explosion and fire caused no casualties and a five-man ministerial...
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