On Tuesday night, April 20, 2010 there was an oil rig explosion off the Gulf Coast, 52 miles Southeast of Venice, Louisiana. The cause of this explosion is still unknown and officials are still investigating. When the explosion occurred there were 126 workers on board, and after the blast only 115 were accounted for. Rescuers have suspended the search for the eleven missing, the do not believe there are any remaining survivors. The workers names have not been released out of respect to the victims' families. The explosion caused a 1x5 mile oil slick off of the coast, and officials are still looking at it closely, trying to clean up as much as they can.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/04/23/oil.rig.explosion/index.html
By: Becca Sage
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