'Eye of fire' circle of flames that erupted in the Gulf of Mexico and raged for five hours was sparked by a lightning storm
Friday's blaze that erupted in the Gulf of Mexico was caused by a lightning storm, Mexico's state-owned oil company, Pemex, announced Monday
A unique set of circumstances had led to the fire, when a gas leak in an underwater pipeline allowed a bubble of natural gas to build up underwater before floating to the surface where it was ignited
Bright orange flames had raged on the ocean about 150 yards from a Pemex oil drilling platform west of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula around dawn Friday