looks like a devoloping story:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/09/02/oil-rig-reportedly-explodes-louisiana-coast/
Disasters
Oil Rig Explodes Off Louisiana Coast
Published September 02, 2010
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Print Email Share Comments (0) Text Size DEVELOPING: The Louisiana Coast Guard is responding to reports of an offshore oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.
A spokesman for the Coast Guard told Fox News Radio that all of the crew members on the rig are alive and have been safely accounted for.
The rig is reportedly owned by Mariner Energy.
Coast Guard Petty Officer Casey Ranel said the blast was reported by a commercial helicopter company about 9:30 a.m. CDT on Thursday.
Seven helicopters, two airplanes and four boats are en route to the site, about 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay along the central Louisiana coast.
Ranel said it hasn't been determined whether the structure is a production platform or a drilling rig or whether workers were aboard. Ranel said smoke was reported but it is unclear whether the rig is still burning.
Authorities have not confirmed whether oil has spilled into the ocean.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/09/02/oil-rig-reportedly-explodes-louisiana-coast/
Disasters
Oil Rig Explodes Off Louisiana Coast
Published September 02, 2010
| FoxNews.com
Print Email Share Comments (0) Text Size DEVELOPING: The Louisiana Coast Guard is responding to reports of an offshore oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.
A spokesman for the Coast Guard told Fox News Radio that all of the crew members on the rig are alive and have been safely accounted for.
The rig is reportedly owned by Mariner Energy.
Coast Guard Petty Officer Casey Ranel said the blast was reported by a commercial helicopter company about 9:30 a.m. CDT on Thursday.
Seven helicopters, two airplanes and four boats are en route to the site, about 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay along the central Louisiana coast.
Ranel said it hasn't been determined whether the structure is a production platform or a drilling rig or whether workers were aboard. Ranel said smoke was reported but it is unclear whether the rig is still burning.
Authorities have not confirmed whether oil has spilled into the ocean.