The minister inspected the site, reviewing the ongoing work on fire-fighting and searching those missing after the accident.
SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev is in the special headquarters created to handle the accident.
As a result of a windstorm on Dec.4 at 17:40 (UTC/GMT + 4 hours), a high-pressure underwater gas pipeline was damaged which caused a fire on the platform #10 at SOCAR’s Gunashli field.
Two died as a result of the accident. Currently, 29 people are listed as missing.