Telegraph.co.uk | Huge fire breaks out on oil tanker in Gulf of Mexico Telegraph.co.uk Mexico's state-owned oil company said on Saturday that it was working to extinguish a blaze aboard a loaded tanker ship in the Gulf of Mexico. The tanker, Burgos, was carrying about 168,000 barrels of gasoline and diesel fuel. Mexico's navy rescued 31 ... Fire breaks out on Mexican state oil tanker in Gulf of Mexico A Mexican oil tanker went up in flames on Saturday - and it's still not clear why Video: Oil banker ablaze in Gulf of Mexico |