The Giant Noodle
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News organizations in Lousiana are reporting that three people were injured -- two badly burned -- in an oil rig explosion Wednesday.
The news of the explosion arrives just hours after Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that an offshore drilling ban would remain in place until 2020 in certain sections of the Gulf.
From WGAL.com:
The U.S. Coast Guard received a report at about 10:15 a.m. Central time, that three people were injured on the rig, which is roughly 20 miles south-southeast of New Orleans, Petty Officer Thomas Blue of the Coast Guard told the New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper.
There was no immediate status report on the condition of the rig, said Kenneth L. Padgett, director of Jefferson Parish emergency management, WDSU reported.
CONTINUED: BREAKING: Offshore Oil Rig Explodes 20 Miles From New Orleans