Mysterious explosion took place in the Caspian Sea near Baku Official Statement from SOCAR on the explosion There have been no accidents on offshore platforms and industrial facilities under the direct control of SOCAR, and work continues in normal mode."Initial suspicion of an explosion at sea in the direction of Alat is the eruption of a mud volcano. UPDATE - Adil Aliyev, Head of the Department of Mud Volcanism of ANAS Institute of Geology and Geophysics: "No mud volcanos in the area, but an explosion on a ship is possible." An explosion took place in an off-shore gas site in the Caspian Sea near Baku. It is the second largest in Azerbaijan. A fire similar to that in the Gulf of Mexico is underway. Initial report says feeling a earthquake like shaking and a big fire on the sky. It is rumored to be a big explosion somewhere in the Caspian Sea, may be an oil platform 

mysterious fire broke out on ocean in the Gulf of Mexico Fire registered in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico 400 meters from the Ku-Charly platform within the Ku Maloob Zaap Integral Production Asset A valve of a submarine line would have burst and caused the fire It's out of control hours ago. Fire broke out on a subsea pipeline of the Pemex oil and gas company in the Gulf of Mexico. The fire above the water's surface is extinguished by three auxiliary vessels. Pemex drilling company suffered a pipeline accident yesterday, causing natural gas to ignite underwater at a depth of about 80 meters.