Fire in Gulf

[batmaninja]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/07/03/americas/gulf-of-mexico-fire-intl/index.html

How did the gas catch fire and stay on fire?


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[waterdog]

saw that????

[lovemylegacy]

That's a neat trick

[Lungbustr]

I died laughing at the fire boats.

[Bayouboy]

Throw in some crawfish, potatoes, and corn!

[JES]

A buddy of mine is working a job down there, laying a new pipeline for PEMEX, just heard from him, said it was about 50 miles from where they are at.

Crazy, better to have it burn off I suppose than to accumulate in that platform and cause a flash fire involving people.

Edit: The more I think about this, the more I think the gas cloud may have made it the platform, which is likely an un-manned facility, and that is what ignited it to begin with, who knows.

Edit2: Juat heard from my buddy, he said they’re told it was lightning that set it off.

[S-3 Ranch]

The old buccaneer rigs network of pipelines had some pretty good fishing spots for snapper
It’s really ashame those are all removed now , that is wild seeing the gas fire , those fire tugs are something else