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Pemex Oil Platform; Bay of Campeche, Mexico

Bay of Campeche, Mexico | 2015-Apr-01

Initial Notification: On April 1, 2015, a PEMEX oil platform caught fire in southern Gulf of Mexico. The incident is in the Bay of Campeche in Mexican waters. Firefighting is on-going. Media reports a number of fatalities and a large evacuation of workers. The fire occurred at a Pemex dehydration and pumping platform known as Abkatun Permanente.

Incident Details
Primary threat:Oil
Products of concern:crude oil
Latitude (approximate): 19° 18.30′ North
Longitude (approximate): 92° 10.42′ West