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Vermilion Bay Explosion Update: Rig Fire Put Out, Oil Sheen Still Unconfirmed [SATELLITE IMAGE]

(Sept. 3) -- The fire on the Vermilion 380 oil platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday has been successfully put out, the U.S. Coast Guard reported in an update late Thursday night. Here's a satellite image of the fire shortly after it broke out Thursday, via NASA: According to the press release from...

Oil Platform Explodes Off Louisiana Coast; 13 Rescued

(Sept. 2) -- An offshore oil platform exploded in the Gulf of Mexico today and all 13 workers were rescued from the water, the Coast Guard said. The blast sparked a fire on the platform about 100 miles south of Louisiana's Vermilion Bay, four months after the Deepwater Horizon disaster. But this time, there was no...