An explosion has caused a fire at an oil platform of the Pemex (Petroleos Mexicanos) state-owned oil company in the Gulf of Mexico, local media report. The report adds, The blast occurred at the Ku-Alpha platform, which is part of the Ku-Maloob-Zaap oil field off the coast of Tabasco and Campeche, on Sunday, Codigo Veracruz Noticias reported via Facebook, posting photos and a video of the subsequent fire and black smoke coming from the site. Pemex has not officially confirmed the explosion

Codigo Veracruz Noticias said that at least six people were injured in the Sunday explosion. They are expected to be transferred to hospitals in Campeche. Ku-Maloob-Zaap is one of the world's largest offshore oil complexes, accounting for more than 40 percent of Pemex's nearly 1.7 million barrels of daily output.

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Last month, on July 2, A massive fire erupted in the Gulf of Mexico after an underwater gas pipeline reportedly ruptured. Mexico’s state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, also known as Pemex had said that a gas leak from an underwater pipeline sparked ablaze.