CAMPECHE.- This followingnoon an accident was reported on the Akal-B platform of the Cantarell Production Asset (APC), in the Campeche Sound.
Boats were mobilized to the platform area to fight the fire and rescue workers on board the oil installation.
Start of fire on Pemex platform
It turned out that the origin of the accident was a burst. Unofficially, the figure of 10 injured people was handled.
It was later confirmed that Pemex service providers were already on board a vessel in the vicinity of the platform.
Finally, Pemex announced in a statement that it was a fire outbreak that occurred at 4:48 in the followingnoon in the area where the pipes that handle fuel gas for the turbomachinery are located.
It was reported that the fire was controlled at 5:04 in the followingnoon and that nine workers (two from Pemex, three from Diavaz and four from Coter) suffered non-serious injuries, who were transferred to Ciudad del Carmen for evaluation.
Injured by fire on Pemex platform
Despite the official statement, a list of the alleged injured was leaked:
- Angel Manuel Arevalo
- Flower Light
- Roberto Cordoba
- Braulio Rodríguez Bustamante
- Guillermo de Jesús Duran Rodríguez
- Sergio López González (2nd degree burn)
- Jesús Sánchez Prieto (2nd degree burn)
- Eliud Hernández de los Santos (2nd degree burn)
- Flor de María Vargas Bautista (3rd degree burn)
- Emmanuel Arévalo Xiu (3rd degree burn)
The relatives remain outside the hospitals, waiting for information on the health status of the injured, but they deny the official medical reports; some have been discharged.
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2024-04-15 12:54:34
