Fire Extinguished On Gulf Oil Platform

September 3, 2010

NPR: A fire on an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico has been extinguished, the owner of the rig said Thursday.

The platform, about 100 miles south of the Louisiana coast, exploded Thursday morning. All 13 people aboard were rescued from the water in the second such disaster in the Gulf in less than five months.

Production Platform On Fire South Of Louisiana, U.S. Coast Guard Reports
The owner of the rig, Houston-based Mariner Energy, said the cause of the fire remains unknown and that an investigation is under way.

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