Fire At Burst Pipeline Opens 'Portal To Hell' In The Middle Of The Ocean
The fire was caused by gas leak from underwater pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico.
By Sadho Ram — 03 Jul 2021, 12:06 PM — Updated almost 3 years ago
This morning, 3 July, the Twitter feed of Malaysians was filled with absolutely real but unbelievable footage of the ocean on fire, literally
The seemingly "portal to hell" opened up after a rupture in an undersea gas pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico early on Friday, 2 July
It took fire-fighting boats more than five hours to put out the fire
According to a report in Reuters, the fire on the ocean surface west of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula has now been extinguished after more than five hours of fire-fighting boats spraying more water on the flame.
The fire began in an underwater pipeline that connects to a platform at Mexico's state-owned oil company Pemex's flagship Ku Maloob Zaap oil development, the Reuters report said.
