Thirteen rescued in new Gulf oil rig blast

An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast in the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months.

Fri, 03 Sep, 2010 - 08:31

An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast in the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months.

This time, the US Coast Guard said there was no leak and no one was killed.

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