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Production platform on vermilion block 380. this is about 100 miles off the louisiana coast in water depths of about 320 feet. there were 13 crew members. and all 13 crew members evacuated and have been accounted for. no injuries have been reported. in an initial flyover by company personnel over the site, there was, there was no hydro carbon spill that was reported. and mariner is working with authorities in response to this incident. we don't know what cassed it yet and there will be an investigation, once today's events are better resolved. to put this in, i know the initial reports were th...

With a lot of air. we'll show you what's behind this secret inflatable arsenal. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we begin with the breaking news. an oil and gas production platform caught fire in the gulf of mexico today about 100 miles off the coast of louisiana. mariner energy, the company that owns the platform, says the fire began at one of seven active wells connected to the rig. 13 workers were forced overboard, but the coast guard says no one was hurt. the coast guard reports an oil sheen, although the company says there was no hydrocarbon spill. production from the p...

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Imagine they say they don't want to do any more damage that would further make this situation worse. we can see thad allen appearing there now and we mentioned very close to beginning this briefing here, wolf. >> stand by, ed. there is thad allen. he is about to go to the microphone there, the retired u.s. coast guard, national incident commander. he is going to update us right now on what is going on and when you see the live pictures of that cap you can still see the oil spewing from the top of that well. it's going full speed ahead. the goal is to start closing some of those valves at the t...