MEXICO CITY, 8th July, 2023 (WAM) — Two workers died and another remained missing after a raging fire broke out early on Friday morning at an offshore platform run by Mexican state oil company Pemex just off the southern edge of the Gulf of Mexico, Reuters reported.
Pemex said it had accounted for all other workers and said oil production had taken a major hit from the blaze.
The massive platform and its tangle of pipelines were seen engulfed in flames as nearby boats sought to douse the fire with hoses.