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Oil Fire On The Surface Of Mexico's Yucatan Pennisula Extinguished

Saturday, 3 July 2021 13:15

By Ciara Plunkett @plunkettciara

Image: Google Maps.

Pemex says a gas leak from an underwater pipeline sparked the blaze

An oil company says a fire on the surface of the ocean in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula has been put out.

Pemex says a gas leak from an underwater pipeline sparked the blaze, which took five hours to extinguish.

Photos of the flames - dubbed "eye of fire" on social media - went viral.

Mordor? No, just the ocean on fire 🔥 in the Gulf of Mexico… an underwater oil pipeline ruptured. This oil platform normally produces 726,000 barrels of oil per day. #ClimateActionNow? pic.twitter.com/Pq0dIMHgz6
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) July 3, 2021

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