Sunday, January 20, 2013

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Search for 2 missing after oil rig blast continues

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Updated at 12: 30 p.m. ET: Coast Guard crews continued searching Saturday for two workers missing after an explosion and fire aboard a Gulf of Mexico oil rig on Friday that was apparently triggered by workers using a blow torch to cut a pipe. A Coast Guard official briefs reporters on the explosion and fire aboard a Gulf of Mexico oil rig. Eleven workers on the rig were airlifted to hospitals after the accident some 17 miles southeast of Grand Isle, La. Four of the injured were in critical condition. Follow @NBCNewsUS The fire was extinguished a few hours after the blast and Coast Guard Capt. Ed Cubanski told reporters that the platform appeared to be structurally sound. Twenty-two people had been aboard the rig at the time of the accident.

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Organization: Coast Guard

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Region: Gulf of Mexico

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City: La

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