Coast Guard: Offshore oil platform in Gulf of Mexico explodes, all 13 crew accounted for

Coast Guard: Offshore oil platform in Gulf of Mexico explodes, all 13 crew accounted for

GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) — An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP's undersea well spilled after a rig explosion.

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