Mexico City, Jul 3, 2021, SPA -- A fire in the sea off Mexico due to a gas leak in an underwater pipeline was extinguished after five and a half hours, the state oil company Pemex said on Friday. The fire occurred 150 meters away from a drilling platform of the Ku-Maloob-Zaap oil production facility in the Gulf of Mexico, dpa reported. According to Pemex, there were no injuries and no people had to be brought to safety. Normal operations have been restored and the incident is being investigated, it said. --SPA 14:44 LOCAL TIME 11:44 GMT 0018 www.spa.gov.sa/w1580010