Saturday, November 17, 2012

Coast Guard Calls off Search for Missing Oil Worker

The US Coast Guard has called off it's search for an oil worker, missing since Friday.

He was part of a crew working an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, when an explosion occurred.

The body of another missing crewmen was recovered Saturday afternoon, by divers hired by the owner of the rig.

Four of their crew mates were severely burned, and two of them remain in critical condition, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Investigators from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement are working to discern the cause of the explosion.

No leak was reported from the explosion, mostly in thanks to production already having been stopped.

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