Oil rig explosion: Fire out, no apparent leak from platform accident, Coast Guard says

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The U.S. Coast Guard said that the fire on an oil and gas production platform 80 miles off the Louisiana Coast has been extinguished, and there is no apparent sign of an oil slick.

Read more here about the Mariner Energy oil platform explosion.