Oil rig explosion reported in Gulf of Mexico

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"(CNN) -- An oil rig has exploded 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana, with 13 people overboard, including one injured, the Coast Guard said Thursday morning.

The explosion happened south of Vermilion Bay on the Vermilion Oil Rig 380, which is owned by Mariner Energy, said John Edwards, a chief petty officer with the Coast Guard in New Orleans.

Thirteen people have been accounted for, said Petty Officer Bill Colclough of the Coast Guard. One person is injured, he said, and all are headed to a hospital in Terrebonne Parish.

Colclough told CNN that authorities are trying to determine the cause of the blast, and that the rig apparently is still on fire. Asked whether a leak has resulted from the explosion, he said the rig "was not actively producing any product."

"We do not know if there are any additional concerns of pollution," Colclough said.

He said Coast Guard helicopters and cutters are en route to the scene."

[NX Express]

Do we need another oil spill after we just had one a few months ago?

[Messino]

YAY!!! MORE OIL IN THE OCEAN.. WOOPEEEEE!!

 

 

Guess no matter what that decadent New Orleans is marked for doom any way shape or form. Poor Louisiana

[St Louis Car 09]

(Hippie voice) Its a conspiracy mannn!!!! The goverment is blowing up oil rigs man.

[buswizard]

OMFG The oil spills more! That will kill off all the fish in the sea that there used to be "plenty of"! I'm gonna be a virgin forever!!! :cry:

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asked whether a leak has resulted from the explosion, he said the rig "was not actively producing any product."

 

zomg guys major imaginary epic oil spill thousands of miles from where we live!!!!! Were all gonna die!!!!!!!