DEVELOPING NEWS: Rig catches fire in Gulf of Mexico

16. Nov, 2012

Coast Guard Captain Ed Cubanski: two people remain missing. Nine people were medivaced to four area hospitals. Eleven people were evacuated.

Rig stands in 56 feet of water.

Workers were using a torch to cut a 3-inch line that was 75 feet long. That line had 28 gallons of oil, which sparked the fire. There is an oil sheen a half a mile by 200 yards wide.

Source: http://wgso.com/?p=25783

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