DEVELOPING: Massive Fire Starts On Mexican-Operated Oil Platform, Multiple Injuries

Mexico’s state energy company, PEMEX, said a fire started Saturday on the Akal Bravo maritime oil platform.

The company reported that nine workers sustained injuries from the emergency.

There are unconfirmed reports of fatalities.

“Currently Emergency crews are currently responding to a massive explosion at the Akal Bravo maritime platform in Campeche, Mexico,” Rawsalerts wrote.

“Unconfirmed reports suggest that 11 people have died, with 8 of them being from the company that worked for Pemex, and numerous others injured. The number of affected workers is currently unknown, as this situation is still developing,” the post added.

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🚨#BREAKING: A Massive Explosion has occurred on Akal Bravo Maritime Platform Multiple Fatalities and Injuries have been Reported

📌#Campeche | #Mexico

Currently Emergency crews are currently responding to a massive explosion at the Akal Bravo maritime platform in Campeche,… pic.twitter.com/yDRNjfaSmX

— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) April 7, 2024

Per Reuters:

Pemex said in a statement that two of the workers were its own employees and seven were from other companies, adding that none were severely injured.

The fire broke out late afternoon in a part of the Akal B platform where gas pipelines are located.

Videos and photographs apparently taken from a boat near the platform and shared on social media showed huge plumes of black smoke rising from oil and gas infrastructure. Reuters was not able to independently verify the content.

🚨#ÚLTIMAHORA | Se produjo una detonación en la plataforma marítima Akal Bravo, ubicada en #Campeche, dejando varios trabajadores heridos. pic.twitter.com/XiE5TbVvWx

— SOS Tabasco (@SOSTabasco_) April 7, 2024

“Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) reports that today, at 4:48 p.m., a fire broke out on one of the platforms of the Akal-B Process Center (Akal-B1), in the area where the pipelines that handle gas are located,” PEMEX said in a statement (translated).

From PEMEX:

The Emergency Response Plan (PRE) was immediately activated at the facility, controlling the fire at 5:04 p.m.

2 PEMEX workers and 7 company workers (3 from DIAVAZ, 4 from COTER) were reported with non-serious injuries. They are sent to Ciudad del Carmen for evaluation.

PEMEX will continue to inform.

📌 Controla #PEMEX conato de incendio en la plataforma marina Akal-B en la Sonda de Campeche.https://t.co/vPJbqPuojy pic.twitter.com/DA9YmLv78J

— Petróleos Mexicanos (@Pemex) April 7, 2024

UnoTV reports (translated):

After the explosion on the Campeche Probe platform, containment and rescue protocols for the injured were implemented.

In accordance with contingency protocols, containment was carried out, followed by the rescue of the possibly injured and their transfer to the housing platform so that they could be assessed.

This would be the first explosion so far this year in the Gulf of Mexico oil network. The platform is located in the Cantarell production area .