The Ocean Was On Fire

Perhaps you saw that yesterday the ocean was on fire:

🚨 Sobre el incendio registrado en aguas del Golfo de México, en la Sonda de Campeche, a unos metros de la plataforma Ku-Charly (dentro del Activo Integral de Producción Ku Maloob Zaap)

Tres barcos han apoyado para sofocar las llamas pic.twitter.com/thIOl8PLQo

— Manuel Lopez San Martin (@MLopezSanMartin) July 2, 2021

Actually it was in the Gulf of Mexico near the Yucatan peninsula, and a ruptured gas well owned by Pemex, a state oil company of Mexico. They put it out a few hours later.

Nothing is getting very surprising anymore.

Here's a closeup:

The Gulf of Mexico is literally on fire because a pipeline ruptured pic.twitter.com/J4ur5MNyt1

— Brian Kahn (@blkahn) July 2, 2021