Port or tanker
Keamari Oil Terminal — methanol tank explosion
26 November 2016
Keamari, Karachi, Pakistan
What happened
An explosion tore through a roughly 1,400-tonne methanol storage tank at the Keamari Oil Terminal in Karachi after workers opened the tank lid, killing two workers instantly and injuring several others nearby. The resulting chemical fire proved difficult to extinguish and burned for an extended period. 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.