Thursday, September 02, 2010

From Boston Herald.Com:Gulf Oil Rig Explodes Off Louisiana Coast!




By Associated Press - Thursday, September 2, 2010

GRAND ISLE, La. —An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning today in the Gulf of Mexico about 102 miles south of Vermilion Bay on the central Louisiana coast.
The Coast Guard says no one was killed in the explosion, which was reported by a commercial helicopter flying over the site around 9 a.m. CDT. All 13 people aboard the rig have been accounted for.

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