BBC NEWS | Africa | Algeria blast shatters gas plant
Jan 20, 2004 · Those injured in the explosion were taken to a hospital at Annaba, 600 kilometres (400 miles) east of Algiers, as well as the Ain Nadja military hospital specialising in burns, in the suburbs of Algiers. Algeria''s Minister of Energy and Mines, Chakib Khelil, arrived on the scene within hours of the blast.