Fire breaks out at one well of Azerbaijan’s Guneshli oil field

A fire broke out at one well of Azerbaijan’s Guneshli oil field during maintenance works on Monday, Azerbaijan’s state energy company SOCAR said in a statement, Reuters reports.

The accident does not pose any threat to 49 workers on the oil platform, SOCAR said, adding the workers would not be evacuated.

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