Seattle exorcised the heat: But Satan burped it back up in the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf of Mexico is literally on fire because a pipeline ruptured pic.twitter.com/J4ur5MNyt1 The so-called "eye of fire" was put out after over five hours of water-firefighting, reports Reuters. The hellhole erupted at Mexico state oil company Pemex's Ku Maloob Zaap oil development, west of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. The head of Mexico's oil safety regulator tweeted that the hole "did not generate any spill," which is hard to believe. What was on fire, if not oil? The incident seems to have been caused by an electrical storm and heavy rains, per Reuters.