this is a producing rig, a drilling rig or a production platform. and there is a difference. it is the vermilion oil rig 380, owned by mariner energy. and the explosion happening about an hour ago, about 90 miles south of vermilion bay, in the terre bonne bay region. 13 workers on board the rig, all of them hit the water, all now accounted for. one with injuries, and we don t know the extent of the injuries. there was an explosion, there is is a fire ongoing, we understand. we will continue to try to gather additional information on this and update the story. if you need a home, listen up for a second here. habitat for humanity of indianapolis needs some first-time home-buyers. they say they won t be able to build any new homes next year unless they have qualified families for them. daniel miller with our cnn affiliate, wish has the story. reporter: in the 1000 block of east ninth street and indianapolis, volunteers are busy working to finish this new
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we have some mapping of the general area. we don t have the specific location. 80 miles south of vermilion bay. reports of 13 people onboard the rig, 12 in the water right now, one person reported missing. we have helicopters in the air from the hughouston area. helicopters in the air from new orleans. the u.s. coast guard cutter decisive on its way. unknown injuries at this point. no known status of the workers. it is not known whether the workers hit the water with flotation devices. can you believe it? it at the vermilion oil rig owned by mariner energy, an explosion on that rig, 80 miles south of vermilion bay. we are hustling, as you can
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of mexico. 102 miles south of vermilion bay, in the terre bonne bay region. 13 people on board the rig at the time of the explosion and fire, all accounted for, one with injuries. wall street journal reporter ben castleman is on the line with us. and ben, help us understand a little bit more about the company that owned this platform. what do you know about mariner energy? caller: well mariner energy is relatively small as far as offshore operators go. you get lots of these small companies that operate onshore relatively few of them offshore. interesting fact about mariner is it s in the process of being acquired by a somewhat larger company, apache corps. that deal has not been completed. and we ll see what impact this might have. what is this rig that we re talking about? i mean we ve got information that it is, it has the capability of being a drilling