Atlantic LNG officials contacted fire fighters and alerted residents on Wednesday night after fire broke out at the billion dollar Point Fortin facility.

However, fire officers said they did not have to respond because the company's internal system dealt with the fire.

The call came in at 8.20 p.m. and officers were told that there was a fire at the base of the chimney used to flare excess natural gas.

In a statement last night, the company's media communications officer Billson Hainsley said the incident occurred during a "routine cool down of the loading line" and "a small amount of liquid natural gas spilled over the top of the marine flare".

The gas was ignited by the flare and fell to the base of the flare stack, burning itself out within minutes, Hainsley said in a statement.

The company said the incident happened in an area which is almost never occupied and there was no injury or damage to equipment.

The plant siren was sounded as a precaution and notices were prepared and dispatched to the neighbouring community, it said.

The incident follows the evacuation of the plant on May 21, after an explosion was reported.

It turned out that a plug was released under pressure and injured a worker.

Three days earlier, firemen were called to the plant after reports of a natural gas leak on a two-inch pipeline at the Train II facility.

Wednesday's incident had no impact on production or delivery of LNG and an investigation is underway, the company said.