Massive oil rig fire breaks out in US

An oil rig caught fire on March 8 on the east bank of the Mobile River in Alabama, USA. This is reported by the Fox News channel.

Smoke from the drilling rig enveloped the nearby town. According to local rescuers, the derrick contains diesel fuel, hydraulic fluid, oil and a variety of other environmentally hazardous materials. No one was hurt in the fire, but officials are concerned about the potential environmental impact.

“The crews are working in tandem to mitigate the impact of the incident as quickly as possible,” – said the fire department of the city of Mobile in their social networks.

The ecology of the United States has been seriously affected by man-made disasters. One of them is the derailment of a train carrying poisonous vinyl chloride. The American authorities preferred to “silence” the catastrophe. Read more about the consequences of the accident – in the material REN TV.