It seems like something that could only appear in a movie, but it was reality: The ocean was on fire. A gas leak west of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula broke out of an underwater pipeline, causing bright flames to appear to boil up to the Gulf of Mexico's surface and create what many described as an "eye of fire."
Gas started leaking from the pipeline in the Campeche Sound at roughly 5:15 a.m. on Friday, according to a statement from the company that owns the pipeline, Petróleos Mexicanos, otherwise known as Pemex.
Bright orange flames jumping out of water resembling molten lava was dubbed an "eye of fire" on social media due to the blaze's circular shape, as it raged a short distance from a Pemex oil platform.
The fire began in an underwater pipeline that connects to a platform at Pemex's flagship Ku Maloob Zaap oil development, the company's most important, four sources told Reuters earlier.
Firefighting vessels were deployed to extinguish the fire by closing the pipeline's valve and injecting it with nitrogen.
Normal operating conditions resumed around 10:45 a.m. on Friday, Pemex said, adding that there was no oil spill or environmental damage. The company is continuing its investigation into the cause of the gas leak.
Pemex said no injuries were reported and production from the project was not affected after the gas leak ignited around 5:15am local time.
The fire was extinguished five hours later.
The company, which has a long record of major industrial accidents at its facilities, added it also shut the valves of the 12-inch-diameter pipeline.
Angel Carrizales, head of Mexico's oil safety regulator ASEA, wrote on Twitter that the incident "did not generate any spill".
He did not explain what was burning on the water's surface.
"The turbomachinery of Ku Maloob Zaap's active production facilities were affected by an electrical storm and heavy rains," according to an incident report shared by one of Reuters' sources.
Those details were not mentioned in Pemex's statement.
Company workers used nitrogen to control the fire, according to one of the sources.
Pemex added that it would investigate the cause of the incident.
These so-called "ocean fires" also happened at a beachside in Lagos, Nigeria.
This is indeed very surprising to so many, as nothing of this nature happens typically. But if you're awake, you'll know that we live in the end times and that these things are happening as a sign of the second coming.
In Revelation 16:3-4 it says: "(3) ...the sea will become blood and cause all life in it to die (4) After the third angel pours out its bowl, the rivers and springs of water will become blood"
This is a clear sign that the end is near because marine life is beginning to perish as a sign. Read also: THE MOST RECENT BIBLICAL PROPHECIES FULFILLED to know more.
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