Coast Guard: Mile-long sheen spreading from burning platform

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An explosion on an oil platform south of Vermilion Bay sent the 13 people on board into the water Thursday morning around 9:30 a.m.

The incident happened 100 miles south of Vermillion Bay. (See map)

Coast Guard spokesman Bill Colclough said all 13 people have been accounted for and that one of them was injured. The injured person is going to be taken to Terrebonne General Medical Center.

The Coast Guard is saying that a mile-long oil sheen is spreading from the site of the Mariner Energy-owned platform.