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The night it exploded, tell bp investigators they believe that a methane gas bubble escaped from the well, shot up the drill column and burst into this big, huge fireball name is what they are saying. still tonight bp saying it could have potentially happened. no official cause has been determined. >> chris gutierrez, thanks. investigators are focusing on a failed cut off valve as a likely contributor in that blast known as a -out preventor designed to guard the mouth of the well and act as a last line of defense sometimes as big as a double decker bus. according to reports they are also known...

>> yes. >> this is dr. drew. you are watching "fox and friends". >> we need celebrity rehab on the show. >> why not? good morning and thanks for starting off your saturday with us. >> great to be with you guys. we have a lot to talk about. a deadly blow out of the oil rig was caused by a bubble of methane gas. internal investigation by the company shows the gas escaped from the well and shot up the drill column before exploding. a four story steel vault was loaded on the well authorities are extended the boundaries of a no fishing zone. 4.5 percent of the gulf of mexico are now federal waters....

The night it exploded, tell bp investigators they believe that a methane gas bubble escaped from the well, shot up the drill column and burst into this big, huge fireball name is what they are saying. still tonight bp saying it could have potentially happened. no official cause has been determined. >> chris gutierrez, thanks. investigators are focusing on a failed cut off valve as a likely contributor in that blast known as a -out preventor designed to guard the mouth of the well and act as a last line of defense sometimes as big as a double decker bus. according to reports they are also known...

The associated press is reporting a bubble of methane gas escaped from a well and then shot right up a drill column and that's what burst through several seals and led to the blast. meantime while communities along the gulf wait to see the impact of the oil spill, we are hearing how the oysters may serve as something of a canary in a coal mine. nbc's mike taibbi reports. >> reporter: on a perfect day to be on the water, we join scientists from the nature conservancy whose goal had been simming, to continue monitoring the artificial reefs they've been creating over the past few months to rebu...

Mms. >> well -- let me go to mike for this question. because it involves the litigation here. it seems to me that counterforce used in to keep the oil in the ground. is it your understanding that the company doing the drilling did a short-cut that caused this explosion and damage? >> chris, there's no other explanation. look, they understand the physics of this just like you and i do. you put pressure on the well, it keeps the methane gas down in the well. if you take the pressure off, the gas comes up the drill column and explodes. this isn't something new to them. they've had it happen 40 ti...