Port or tanker
Keamari Oil Terminal — Al-Raheen tank fire
28 August 2017
Keamari, Karachi, Pakistan
What happened
A fire broke out at Karachi Port Trust's oil terminal in Keamari after a suspected gas leak caused an explosion in a storage tank belonging to private firm Al-Raheen, killing one worker and severely injuring three others. This was an accidental industrial incident, not an attack.
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- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Infrastructure
- Port or tanker
- Latitude
- 24.8300°
- Longitude
- 66.9800°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.