A recent underwater gas pipeline leak led to a fire in the Gulf of Mexico. At an offshore oil and gas rig, a corroded pipe likely leaked, causing gas to bubble to the surface and ignite. ...

How did they put out the ocean fire?

As the gas rose to the water's surface, it was hit with electrical shocks from the storm, causing the fire to break out, the company said. Firefighting vessels were deployed to extinguish the fire by closing the pipeline's valve and injecting it with nitrogen.

Can the ocean start on fire?

In the early nineties, fires on the sea surface have been treated in the same way as topside fires (Webb 1993). Thereafter experience gained in the filed of "in situ burning", the deliberate ignition and burning of oil at sea as an oil spill response option has also been considered.