A Coast Guard cutter patrols in the Gulf of Mexico in August 2010. An explosion ripped through an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday forcing 13 people into the water, one of whom was injured, the US Coast Guard said.(AFP/USCG/File/David R. Marin)
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) - There is no sign of an oil spill after a rig caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico, a spokesman for rig operator Mariner Energy said.
"In an initial flyover by company personnel over the site, there was no hydrocarbon spill that was reported," spokesman Patrick Cassidy told CNN.
Everything "appears to be" contained "at this time," he added.
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