11 rescued alive missing after explosion at U.S. base oil
The owner of Plaquemines Parish Louisiana, Billy Nungesser,1000the newspaper said, according to reports received, the 126 employees of the platform are safe and sound.
In this regard, Coast Guard on Wednesday were trying to verify that all workers were still alive after the accident on the platform located off the southern coast of the United States, which left seven people seriously injured.
New Orleans The Coast Guard explained than 22:00 on Tuesday (03h00 GMT) the “monitoring equipment received a message about an explosion and fire at an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
” We have indicated that 126 people were aboard, “he told AFP Lt. Sue Kerver, Coast Guard spokesman, who also mentioned that” seven were seriously injured “and” eleven or twelve were reported missing.
The injured were transferable to hospitals in the region, he said Kerver.
“Four helicopters, a plane and three coastguard vessels involved in search operations,” said de Mike Blakney his side, another spokesman for the coastguard agency.
“The fire is still burning, have four vessels of firefighters on the scene battling the flames,” he said.
The accident occurred on the rig “Deep Water Horizon,” which is about 70 km from the coast, against New Orleans, the spokeswoman said Kerver.
“The causes of the explosion are being investigated,” he said.