Coast Guard: Fire Reported on Gulf of Mexico Oil Platform
The Coast Guard is responding to a fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico
— -- Four people were evacuated after a fire broke out on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, the Coast Guard said.
"Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans were notified at approximately 2:30 a.m. that an oil production platform caught fire approximately 80 miles south of Grand Isle," the Coast Guard said in a statement.
The Coast Guard said an aircrew was en route to the scene, where several offshore supply vessels were fighting the blaze.
Clean Gulf, an oil spill response organization, has dispatched a team to the platform, according to the statement.
There were no reported injuries and the cause of the incident is under investigation, the Coast Guard said.
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