Minister of Emergency Situations, Colonel General Kemaledin Heydarov, SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev, Chief of the State Border Guard Service, Colonel General Elchin Guliyev discussed the issues related the progress of the rescue-and-search operation.
Dead bodies of six oil workers missing after the fire at SOCAR’s offshore platform have already been recovered.
Work is underway on fire-fighting and rescuing those missing.
A strong fire broke out on the platform No.10 at Azerbaijan’s offshore Gunashli field on Dec.4 at 17:40 (UTC/GMT +4 hours).