In the early afternoon, thick smoke hung over a part of Lusail, not far from the stadium of the same name, where Brazil played the first match at the World Cup against Serbia (2:0), but also near one of the fans’ villages. Qatar’s interior ministry was quick to say that a fire had broken out at a building under construction on the island that is part of Lusail and that there were no injuries, reassuring fans preparing to head to Wednesday’s match between Argentina and Mexico, but they calmed the other guests as well, because thick black smoke could also be seen from the market in the center of Doha.#Qatar #Qatar2022 Massive fire breaks out in Qatar near World Cup fan zoneColumns of black smoke rise into the sky in the city of Lusail. Reports that the fire occurred in a building under construction. Authorities said there were no casualties. pic.twitter.com/5WGQsYempi— David Kime (@CyberRealms1) November 26, 2022 The construction of a water park is planned at the place where the fire broke out, and Lusial is the second most populous city in Qatar with about 200,000 inhabitants, although it is planned that in the near future it will be up to 450,000. By the way, this is the second fire in Doha and the surrounding area in the last three days, because on Thursday in the morning, a fire was noticed in a building in Souk Waqif, but it was quickly localized.Massive #fire🔥 broke out quite close to the fan village in #Lusail. Thick black smoke seen over #Doha skyline.#Qatar #WorldCup #FIFA pic.twitter.com/LZbFY8HJ6S— Nishit Doshi (@NishitDoshi144) November 26, 2022 The country has spent at least 185 billion pounds for the tournament and a large sum of that money was used to build Lusail. The development has a number of striking features including a crescent moon skyscraper hotel, a brand-new stadium and huge man-made islands. The Meryal Waterpark on Qetaifan Island North featuring crisscrossing tubes and slides, is meant to be one of the city’s entertainment hubs, but now we will see what are the damages, after the fire.Saturday, Nov 26th13:00: (2.90) Tunisia (3.00) Australia (2.65) D16:00: (1.63) Poland (3.80) Saudi Arabia (5.70) C19:00: (2.00) France (3.40) Denmark (3.90) D22:00: (1.62) Argentina (3.70) Mexico (6.00) C
