A gas leak from an underwater pipeline has sparked an ‘eye of fire’ in the Gulf of Mexico.
The blaze, which occurred off the coast of Yucatan, Mexico, took firefighters more than five hours to put out but has now been fully extinguished.
No injuries were reported in the blaze, which began close to an oil rig owned by Mexico’s state-owned oil company Pemex.
Footage posted to social media showed a giant circular fire burning on the surface of the sea, as fireboats shot jets of water in an attempt to put out the flames. Dramatic images from the inferno quickly began trending on social media, with the unusual shape of the fire leading many to dub it an ‘eye of fire’.
