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Firefighting underway at faulty platform in Caspian

29 December 2015 [14:13] - TODAY.AZ

Azerbaijan is continuing works to extinguish the fire at the offshore platform #10 of the Gunashli platform in the Caspian Sea.

The fire broke out on the platform Dec. 4, as a strong storm damaged an underwater high-pressure gas pipeline. As many as 33 people were rescued in an ensuing large-scale operation.

Bodies of eight killed were retrieved, while 22 oil workers are still listed as missing.

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