Baku residents honoring oil workers missing after offshore field fire

Residents of the Azerbaijani capital of Baku are bringing flowers to the Seaside Boulevard to honor the oil workers, who went missing after a fire on an offshore platform of the Gunashli field.

Since the morning people have been laying flowers at the pier or throwing them into the sea.

A fire broke out on an offshore platform of SOCAR’s Gunashli field Dec. 4, after an underwater high-pressure gas pipeline was damaged in strong storm.

As many as 33 people were rescued in a large-scale operation, while body of one oil worker was recovered.

Some 29 oil workers are listed as missing.

/By Trend/