Coast Guard to hold joint press conference regarding oil drilling platform fire
NEW ORLEANS, La. – The U.S. Coast Guard, Deputy Secretary for the Department of the Interior, BP, and Transocean will be holding a press conference to discuss ongoing operations surrounding the Deepwater Horizon mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) explosion, fire, investigation, SAR (search and rescue), and pollution response at 3:00 PM Central Time.
Coast Guard responding to oil drilling platform fire
NEW ORLEANS, La. — Multiple Coast Guard helicopters, planes, and cutters are responding to an explosion and fire aboard a mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) approximately 52 miles Southeast of Venice.
Watchstanders at the U.S. Coast Guard District Eight command center here received a report at approximately 10 p.m. Tuesday of an explosion and fire aboard the MODU Deepwater Horizon.
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