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Gulf of Mexico Catches on Fire, Spurring Alarm, Memes

'Portal to Hell'
Emerges in
Gulf of Mexico

Jul 3, 2021 7:30 AM CDT

'Portal to Hell' Emerges in Gulf of Mexico

Blaze caused by Mexican state oil company's gas leak is now out, but not before internet frenzy

(Newser) - If you happened to see "Sauron's eye " or "Cthulhu" trending Friday evening, it wasn't because some fictional entity was making headlines. It was something even more real and disturbing— a fire in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico, caused by a leak from an...

21 Dead, Dozens Injured After Mexican Pipeline Explosion

Oil Firm Says They
Were Stealing
Fuel. Then, a
Giant Fireball

updated

Jan 19, 2019 5:29 AM CST

Oil Firm Says They Were Stealing Fuel. Then, a Giant Fireball

Pipeline explosion kills 66, injures dozens in Tlahuelilpan, Mexico

(Newser) - A massive fireball that engulfed people scooping up fuel spilling from a pipeline ruptured by thieves in central Mexico killed 66 people and left 85 others missing in what was a chronicle of a tragedy foretold. It came just three weeks after new President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador launched an...

Mexico Blames Fatal Blast
on Gas Buildup, Not Bomb

Feb 5, 2013 12:03 AM CST

Mexico Blames Fatal Blast on Gas Buildup, Not Bomb

No evidence of bombing in explosion that killed 37

(Newser) - A gas buildup ignited by an electrical spark or other heat source caused the blast that killed 37 people and wounded dozens of others last week at the state oil company's Mexico City headquarters, Mexico's attorney general says. Investigators are still looking for the source of the gas,...

25 Dead in Mexico City Blast

UPDATED

Jan 31, 2013 7:02 PM CST

25 Dead in Mexico City Blast

Scores more injured in explosion at oil company Pemex

(Newser) - An explosion at the main headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company in the capital today killed 25 people and injured 101, officials say; 46 remain hospitalized. The blast occurred in the basement of an administrative building next to the iconic, 52-story tower of Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, in Mexico...

Oil Rises to Record High, Again

Oct 29, 2007 6:28 AM CDT

Oil Rises to Record High, Again

Breaks $93 a barrel on news of Mexican storm

(Newser) - Oil prices topped $93 today, breaking another record on news that Mexican production would drop by 20% due to a storm. "This is on top of what has already been simmering,” said an analyst in Singapore. Prices have been breaking records for a week due to US-Iran tensions...