SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL, Calif. (KEYT) – All crew members have been rescued from a fire at an offshore natural gas platform about 7.5 nautical miles off the coast of Carpinteria Monday morning.
Platform Habitat, is part of the Pitas Point Field, caught fire Monday morning and all 26 crew members have been safely returned to shore with two minor injuries reported from the scene shared the U.S. Coast Guard with Your News Channel.
The image below, courtesy of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, shows the location of Platform Habitat and the Pitas Point Unit southwest of Carpinteria.
The fire was successfully secured Monday around 11 a.m. and personnel are returning to the platform to conduct safety work added the U.S. Coast Guard.
The platform was first installed in 1981 and produces natural gas that is sent to the Carpinteria Onshore Gas Terminal detailed the City of Carpinteria…