Oil rig explodes in Gulf; 2 missing, 4 medevaced
Two people were missing and four people were airlifted to a hospital Friday after an oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico some 17 miles southeast of Grand Isle, La. , the U.S. Coast Guard told NBC News. Rescue crews were searching the waters for the two. Officials did not immediately release the names of the missing or the injured. The fire was later extinguished and 28 people had been aboard the rig, the Coast Guard said. It was not known if the fire had caused a spill. The platform is a shallow-water production platform, unlike BP's Macondo well in mile-deep water that blew out in 2010. That disaster led to an explosion that killed 11 workers and caused the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
Oil rig explodes in Gulf; 2 missing, 4 medevaced
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