Gigantic explosion in the Caspian Sea - background unclear

An explosion occurred in the Caspian Sea on Sunday.

Videos of the incident are circulating on Twitter.

The background is still unclear.

Baku / Munich - There was a huge explosion off the coast of the South Caucasus Republic of Azerbaijan on Sunday.

This occurred not far from a natural gas field in the Caspian Sea.

People posted videos of the incident on social networks.

As can be seen in the pictures and videos, a huge flame rose into the sky.

Explosion: gigantic pillar of fire in the Caspian Sea

According to

Turkish media such as

Daily Sabah

or

BNO News

, the fireball is said to have originated near the second largest natural gas field in Azerbaijan called Ümid.

According to several media, the explosion occurred about ten to twelve kilometers from the gas field.

The media refer to a statement by the state energy company Socar.

This informed on Sunday evening, among other things, on the Twitter platform: “There have been no accidents on offshore platforms and industrial plants under the direct control of Socar and work will continue normally.

If there is additional information, we will inform the public. "

The Azerbaijani civil defense also denied reports on Sunday that an explosion had occurred on an offshore platform.

There was no accident there.

Experts are currently investigating the cause of the fire, it said.

Explosion off the coast of Azerbaijan: what are the reasons?

Meanwhile,

BNO News

quoted Gurban Yetirmishli, the director of the seismic center.

"There were no accidents on the oil platforms or ships," he said, according to the report, to the APA news agency.

This is a "sign of a mud volcano", according to the expert.

He continued, "There are many mud volcanoes in the Caspian Sea, one of which has erupted."

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A skyscraper collapsed.

Quite a few people were considered missing.

(mbr / dpa)

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