Search continues for missing oil rig workers

The US Coast Guard was searching by sea and air overnight for 11 workers missing since a thunderous explosion rocked an oil drilling platform that continued to burn late yesterday, more than a day since it sent a fireball into the night sky. Seventeen people were injured, four critically.

The US Coast Guard was searching by sea and air overnight for 11 workers missing since a thunderous explosion rocked an oil drilling platform that continued to burn late yesterday, more than a day since it sent a fireball into the night sky.

Seventeen people were injured, four critically.

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