The search for the 23 oil workers lost after the December 4 accident on the Guneshli offshore oilfield platform still is to no avail.
As stated in the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the search area was extended and several ships and helicopters and an airplane are involved. Search is also conducted along the coast.
At the same time efforts are continued to prevent oil spill and quench the fire on the platform. Experts find it difficult to say when it will be extinguished.
Recall that of the 63 people on the platform, 33 were saved. The bodies of 7 oilmen were found later and 23 others were lost. -16D-
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One Indian citizen was killed, and another was injured in an incident at a company in the Absheron district. The General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan reported the incident on January 13.
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Weather in Baku will be changeable on Tuesday. Light precipitation in places during the day. Fog at night and in the morning. Wind is north-western, gusty. At night +2+6, in the afternoon +7+9. Humidity 70-80%.
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Azerbaijan’s National Hydrometeorology Service under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources has released the weather forecast for January 13, anticipating mild conditions across the country.
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On Sunday, 12 January the variable cloudiness, cloudy at times, mostly without precipitation is expected in Baku and Apsheron peninsula.
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