Four workers died in an oil rig fire that was still raging off the coast of Mexico hours after it started Wednesday.
Mexican state oil company Pemex said 16 workers were injured in the blaze, which began early Wednesday morning.
Authorities evacuated about 300 workers from the Abkatun Permanente platform after the fire started, Pemex said.
By late Wednesday afternoon, 10 boats were working to battle the blaze, the company said in a Twitter post.
The state oil company hasn’t said what caused the fire on the platform, which is located in the Gulf of Mexico’s Campeche Sound. The fire began in the platform’s dehydration and pumping area, Pemex said.