MEXICO CITY, Sept 24 (Reuters)– A fire burst out on an oil vessel of Mexican state oil firm Pemex in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, requiring all the staff to be left in the most up to date mishap to afflict the having a hard time company.

The blaze on the vessel “Burgos” happened off the coastline of Boca del Rio in Veracruz state and also all the staff were risk-free, Pemex claimed in a tweet. Mexico’s Navy claimed there were 31 staff participants which all had actually gone back to port.

Images tweeted by Pemex revealed the vessel releasing plumes of smoke as an additional watercraft hosed the vessel.

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Early on Saturday night, Pemex claimed that firefighting groups were still functioning to produce the blaze.

The vessel was bring 80,000 barrels of diesel and also 70,000 barrels of gas, Mexico s Communications and also Transport Ministry claimed.

The fire adheres to a collection of various other problems at Pemex, which is managing significant losses, boosted competitors in the house, sharp budget plan cuts and also reduced profits as a result of the oil rate thrashing.

In April, greater than 30 individuals passed away and also loads were harmed in a surge at a petrochemical plant in southeast Veracruz state, a joint endeavor in between Pemex and also an additional company.

In 2013, at the very least 37 individuals were eliminated by a blast at Pemex’s Mexico City head office, and also 26 individuals passed away in a fire at a Pemex gas center in north Mexico in 2012.

A 2015 fire at a Pemex system in the Bay of Campeche impacted oil outcome and also set you back the firm approximately $780 million.

Marine Traffic, a site that tracks vessel activities, revealed the 11-year-old vessel en course to the port of Veracruz from Coatzacoalcos in the southerly component of the state. (Reporting by Natalie Schachar and also Noe Torres; Editing by Dave Graham, Matthew Lewis, Meredith Mazzilli and also Michael Perry)

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