4 dead, 30 injured in fiery blast at Mexico oil rig
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E-mail CRI, April 2, 2015
An explosion and a fire erupted on an offshore oil platform operated by Mexico's biggest oil company, Pemex on Wednesday, killing at least four workers, injuring 30 and forcing 300 to be evacuated.
![A column of smoke rises during a fire of the oil platform Abkatun, in Campeche Bay on the Gulf of Mexico, on April 1, 2015. Mexican state-run oil company Pemex said on Wednesday that it was fighting a fire on oil platform in Campeche Bay on the Gulf of Mexico, home to the country's biggest oil field, and that some 300 workers had been evacuated. [Photo/Chinanews.com]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20150402/001aa0ba3c161686e8fe03.jpg "A column of smoke rises during a fire of the oil platform Abkatun, in Campeche Bay on the Gulf of Mexico, on April 1, 2015. Mexican state-run oil company Pemex said on Wednesday that it was fighting a fire on oil platform in Campeche Bay on the Gulf of Mexico, home to the country's biggest oil field, and that some 300 workers had been evacuated. [Photo/Chinanews.com]") |
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A column of smoke rises during a fire of the oil platform Abkatun, in Campeche Bay on the Gulf of Mexico, on April 1, 2015. Mexican state-run oil company Pemex said on Wednesday that it was fighting a fire on oil platform in Campeche Bay on the Gulf of Mexico, home to the country's biggest oil field, and that some 300 workers had been evacuated. [Photo/Chinanews.com] |
Eight firefighting vessels were battling the pre-dawn blaze at the Abkatun A-Permanente platform on the Gulf of Mexico's Campeche Sound.
Some 300 workers were taken to other platforms in the area while the injured were transported to Pemex's general hospital. Two were in serious condition.
The company has not indicated whether the accident caused any oil spill.
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