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UPDATE - Heavy Fire Erupts In Gulf Of Mexico Over Gas Leak Near Pemex Oil Platform - Reports
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published July 03, 2021 | 04:10 AM
MEXICO CITY (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 03rd July, 2021) A heavy underwater fire has erupted near 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.
Later, Pemex said that by 10:45 local time, the fire had been extinguished as a result of a five-hour operation that involved three firefighting vessels.
The company also noted that the blaze had erupted at 5:15, not 4:00, as it was previously reported.
Pemex added that it had launched an investigation into the incident.
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