Heavy Fire Erupts In Gulf Of Mexico Over Gas Leak Near Pemex Oil Platform - Reports

Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published July 03, 2021 | 03:50 AM

Heavy Fire Erupts in Gulf of Mexico Over Gas Leak Near Pemex Oil Platform - Reports

MEXICO CITY (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 03rd July, 2021) A heavy underwater fire has erupted neat an oil platform of the Mexican Pemex company in the Gulf of Mexico, media reported.

The blaze started at about 4:00 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.

The fire was caused by a gas leak from a pipeline at a depth of 78 meters.

No employees of the oil platform were injured, there was also no evacuation from the facility.

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