The gas leak occurred at Pemex’s Ku Maloob Zaap oil development near the southern rim of the Gulf of Mexico and took a reported five hours to extinguish.
Social media users dubbed it the ‘eye of fire’ due to its circular shape.
Watch below:
🚨 Sobre el incendio registrado en aguas del Golfo de México, en la Sonda de Campeche, a unos metros de la plataforma Ku-Charly (dentro del Activo Integral de Producción Ku Maloob Zaap)
Tres barcos han apoyado para sofocar las llamas pic.twitter.com/thIOl8PLQo
— Manuel Lopez San Martin (@MLopezSanMartin) July 2, 2021
