Gas Leak From Underwater Pipeline Causes Massive Fire In The Gulf Of Mexico And The Visuals Are Apocalyptical
In a shocking development, a heavy underwater fire has erupted near an oil platform of the state-owned oil company Mexican Pemex in the Gulf of Mexico.
In a shocking development, a heavy underwater fire has erupted near an oil platform of the state-owned oil company Mexican Pemex in the Gulf of Mexico.
The internet is ablaze with terrifying images as videos of the fire ¨C appearing to boil the ocean¡¯s surface with bright orange flames ¨C went viral. The fire, however, was extinguished roughly 150 yards from a drilling platform in Mexico¡¯s Yucatan peninsula, The Independent reported.
? Sobre el incendio registrado en aguas del Golfo de M¨¦xico, en la Sonda de Campeche, a unos metros de la plataforma Ku-Charly (dentro del Activo Integral de Producci¨®n Ku Maloob Zaap)
¡ª Manuel Lopez San Martin (@MLopezSanMartin) July 2, 2021
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According to various reports, the blaze started at about 5:15 local time (09:00 GMT), 400 meters (over 1,300 feet) of the Ku-Charly oil platform, not far from the shore of the Mexican state of Campeche, the Televisa broadcaster reported on Friday.
It was only around 10:30 local time when the fire was completely extinguished, according to the company.
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The fire was caused by a gas leak from a pipeline at a depth of 78 meters.
As per The Independent, no employees of the oil platform were injured, there was also no evacuation from the facility.
It was unclear how much environmental damage the gas leak and oceanic fireball had caused.
The ocean is on fire in the Gulf of Mexico after a pipeline ruptured. Good system.
¡ª Eoin Higgins (@EoinHiggins_) July 2, 2021
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It is not the first major incident for Pemex in recent years.
In 2015 four workers were killed, 16 injured and more than 300 people had to be evacuated after an explosion on the company¡¯s Abkatun A-Permanente platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
And in January 2013, an explosion caused by a gas build-up at the company¡¯s Mexico City headquarters killed 37 people.
