A powerful explosion rocked Azerbaijan’s offshore area near the headquarters of the state-owned natural gas company Socar.
The eruption of a mud volcano, as it is called, took place in the Caspian Sea, where the phenomenon of underground gas eruptions is quite common and causes columns of fire reminiscent of a volcanic eruption.
Instead of lava, however, flammable gas comes out along with the mud that is swept away by the underground explosion.
JUST IN – Major explosion at the Umid gas field in the Caspian Sea near Baku, Azerbaijan.pic.twitter.com/W6satBoiUL
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A Socar spokesman told Azerbaijan’s state-run news agency APA that the blast occurred about 10km from the Umid gas field, 75km from the coastline of the capital Baku.
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VIDEO: Large explosion in the Umid gas field in Caspian Sea. Cause currently unknown. – @Liveuamappic.twitter.com/uGtIhMzCQn
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pic.twitter.com/nexCK8bE6E Azerbaijan: Explosion and fire at offshore Umid gas field in Caspian Sea near Baku
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