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Search for 2 missing after oil rig blast continues

Oil Rig Explosion

Coast Guard crews continued searching 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.

 

Oil rig explodes in Gulf; 2 missing, 4 medevaced

Oil Rig Explosion

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.

 

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