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.

Overflight Video of Caribbean Petroleum Corporation Tank Farm Fire

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Video of a U.S. Coast Guard conducts an overflight of a fire near San Juan, Friday, Oct. 23, 2009.