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An hour ago that the u.s. coast guard confirms teams have actually started lighting patches of that oil spill on fire to keep the oil from reaching shore. this all started when a drilling platform exploded and then sank in the gulf last week, leaving an open well spewing oil deep below the water s surface. at last check, the enormous oil slick that well created was just 16 miles from venice, louisiana. if crews cannot stop it from reaching the coast line, the consequences could be disastrous for people who depend on the area to make their living and for the hundreds of species of animals that call the coast home. so now with all other plans failing, teams are setting fire to sections of that 100-mile long oil slick. the process is time consuming. first, work boats set off a fire resistant boom that s about 500 feet long. then they drag it across the water to collect a few thousand gallons of the thickest oil on the surface. next, they toe that oil to a more remote area away from the ....

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