Vessel Fire Forces Platform Evacuation Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. Posted by Eric Haun December 12, 2014 About 300 have evacuated a platform in the North sea after a fire left a vessel disabled and drifting nearby without power, BBC reported. BG Group told BBC it was removing workers by helicopter from the Lomond installation - about 145 miles east of Aberdeen. Tugs were sent from Aberdeen to take the drifting vessel under tow. Source: BBC