Say It Ain't So Already

Another Rig Has Exploded in the Gulf

September 2, 2010 at 10:44 AM Leave a comment

Say it ain’t so already.

NEW ORLEANS — One person is missing after a rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, about 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay, the U.S. Coast Guard said.It happened around 9 a.m., and as of 10:15 a.m., the rig was still burning, the Coast Guard said. Rescue crews from New Orleans and Houston are responding.Officials said there were 13 people aboard the rig, and all but one are accounted for.

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