Breaking News...GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) - An offshore petroleum platform exploded

[DearAbby]

GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) - An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP's undersea well spilled after a rig explosion.


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[thereismore]

1. WTF? nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. They do not need more of this

DAMN!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. not again

:(

[DearAbby]

4. More

GRAND ISLE, La. — An offshore oil platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay, with some workers reported in the water.

The explosion aboard the platform, owned by Mariner Energy, occurred west of the site of the April offshore rig blast that caused the massive BP oil spill.

Patrick Cassidy, a spokesman for Mariner Energy, told CNBC that there does not appear to be any oil leaking.

The Coast Guard said no one was killed in the explosion, which was reported by a commercial helicopter flying over the site around 9 a.m. CDT.

Coast Guard Cmdr. Cheri Ben-Iesau said seven Coast Guard helicopters, two airplanes and three cutters were dispatched to the scene from New Orleans, Houston and Mobile, Ala.

Ben-Iesau said some of the 13 people believed working on the oil platform were spotted in the water in emergency flotation devices and awaiting rescue. One was reportedly injured.

In Washington, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said reports were that all 13 people were accounted for and the injured person was being transported out of the area.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38973757/ns/us_news-life/