Oil platform fire toll in Gulf of Mexico: 4 dead, 302 evacuated


  • World
  • Thursday, 02 Apr 2015

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - At least four people died after a fire broke out on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico early on Wednesday, leading to the evacuation of 302 workers, Mexican state-run oil company Pemex said.

Local emergency services said as many as 45 people were injured in the blaze, which erupted overnight on the Abkatun Permanente platform in the oil-rich Bay of Campeche.

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