Oil Fire On The Surface Of Mexico's Yucatan Pennisula Extinguished

Pemex says a gas leak from an underwater pipeline sparked the blaze

An oil company says a fire on the surface of the ocean in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula has been put out.

Pemex says a gas leak from an underwater pipeline sparked the blaze, which took five hours to extinguish.

Photos of the flames - dubbed "eye of fire" on social media - went viral.

Mordor? No, just the ocean on fire 🔥 in the Gulf of Mexico… an underwater oil pipeline ruptured. This oil platform normally produces 726,000 barrels of oil per day. #ClimateActionNow? pic.twitter.com/Pq0dIMHgz6

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) July 3, 2021