“I grabbed a piece of the boat. The waves carried my friends away in the open sea,” he added.
The fire broke out on the offshore platform of SOCAR’s Gunashli field Dec. 4, after strong storm damaged an underwater high-pressure gas pipeline.
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.
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