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Vermilion Bay: 3 Things to Know About Gulf Oil Platform Explosion Site

By Katie DrummondSep 2nd 2010 – 1:09PM

(Sept. 2) -- Its name is drawn from a ruddy pigment used since ancient times. But right now the collective worry is that it's about to become streaked with a fresh leak of brown crude: The site of an Gulf oil platform explosion, reported Thursday morning by a helicopter company flying over the area, is 80 miles from...

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