Mexico’s state vitality firm Pemex stated on Saturday {that a} hearth broke out at considered one of its platforms within the Gulf of Mexico, including that it had activated emergency protocols and contained it however that 9 staff had been injured within the accident.
Pemex stated in a press release that two of the employees had been its personal workers and 7 had been from different corporations, including that none had been severely injured.
The hearth broke out late afternoon in part of the Akal B platform the place fuel pipelines are positioned.
Videos and pictures apparently taken from a ship close to the platform and shared on social media confirmed large plumes of black smoke rising from oil and fuel infrastructure. Reuters was not capable of independently confirm the content material.
(Reuters – Reporting by Stefanie Eschenbacher; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
