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Explosion on Deepwater Horizon rigs off Louisiana triggers 11 missing
An explosion on the Deepwater Horizon offshore rig 50 miles off Louisiana set the Gulf ablaze. Seventeen injured, 11 missing as helicopters and boats scour the waters. The rig, a nonproducing exploratory platform owned by Transocean, burned for hours with a rising smoke plume while investigators probe the blowout cause.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Deepwater Horizon
Louisiana
Coast Guard
Adrian Rose
Transocean Ltd