TransCanada Corp's (TRP.TO) ANR Pipeline Co was forced to shut in 227 million cubic feet per day of natural gas due to an explosion and fire that rocked an offshore natural gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico, a company spokesman said on Wednesday.

A fire on a High Island Offshore System natural gas platform owned and operated by Enterprise Product Partners LP (EPD.N) also forced the temporary suspension of service on a 42-inch (1.1-metre) mainline transporting gas from the platform, Enterprise said earlier.

The HIOS System gathers natural gas from fields in the western Gulf of Mexico and connects to numerous downstream pipelines, including ANR.

ANR spokesman Michael Barnes said the pipeline was ready to receive gas but would need to wait for Enterprise to make repairs to its platform and system following the incident.

The U.S. Coast Guard reported an explosion rocked the High Island 264 platform, located off the coast of Texas about 90 miles (145 km) southeast of Galveston, earlier in the week.