Divers find dead bodies of 3 workers killed in SOCAR platform accident

vBaku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 23 Trend: The dead bodies of 3 of the 4 workers, missing after an accident at the faulty platform #441 of the Narimanovneft oil and gas production department, have been found, a joint statement from Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company (SOCAR) and the Emergency Situations Ministry said Oct. 23. The divers of the Emergency Situations Ministry found the dead bodies on the seabed, and took them to the shore, according to the message. The search for another missing worker is underway. Earlier on Oct. 23, the structures collapsed at the faulty platform #441 of the Narimanovneft oil and gas production department during repair works there. The incident happened at about 12:00 (local time). As a result, a workers’ locker room on the platform fell onto a gas pipeline with a diameter of 700 millimeters, damaging it and causing a fire. Some 45 minutes later the fire was extinguished. About 41 people were working at the site when the structures collapsed. As a result of operative measures taken by a rescue brigade immediately after the accident, 37 people were evacuated from the scene to the beach on Orion-15 and PSK-52 vessels. The injured workers were treated by the doctors. Follow us on Twitter @TRENDNewsAgency