#Guneshli oil platform fire claims 32 lives in Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea waters
▻http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/guneshli-oil-platform-fire-claims-32-lives-azerbaijans-caspian-sea-waters
Reuters
A fire on an offshore oil platform in the Guneshli field near Azerbaijan has claimed the lives of 32 workers. More than 40 were rescued in an emergency evacuation as the inferno took hold.
The country’s state energy company State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (#Socar) said the fire started after a gas pipeline on the platform was damaged in heavy wind. The platform is understood to have been battered by high winds and waves of more than eight metres at the time.
[…]
Socar has also confirmed that workers on another oil rig, 18.6 miles from the fire-struck one, are missing after the storm. Last year, 14 workers were killed on Socar platforms.