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Evacuated workers sought after oil rig explosion

The Columbian
Published: April 21, 2010, 12:00am

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Coast Guard says it’s searching for some missing workers after an explosion at an oil drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana’s coast.

Coast Guard senior petty officer Mike O’Berry says authorities hope all the workers are aboard life boats and have helicopters, boats and a plane in the area searching for them.

O’Berry says the explosion was reported around 10 p.m. Tuesday. He says there were 126 people aboard the rig, which is 52 miles southeast of Venice, La.

No deaths have been reported, but O’Berry says there are injuries. He did not know how many.

O’Berry also says five fire boats are battling the fire at the oil drilling platform Wednesday morning.

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