Nightly News | November 16, 2012
Oil platform explodes in Gulf of Mexico
Eleven people were injured in the production platform blast and oil spillage was minimal, according to the Coast Guard. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.
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This content comes from Closed Captioning that was broadcast along with this program.
>>> one day after the big settlement between the government and bp over the worst oil spill in u.s. history , another platform exploded in the gulf of mexico today south of grand isle , louisiana, 11 were injured, two taken to the hospital. two, sadly were missing tonight. this is a production platform , not drilling. and so the coast guard says the oil spillage is minimal.