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Summary At least two people were killed when a US oil platform caught fire in Gulf of Mexico.
An oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast caught fire on Friday killing at least two people, local television reported, citing the Coast Guard and local officials.
According to KHOU-TV four more people were airlifted to hospital, two of them in critical condition, and two more are missing following the disaster on a rig operated by Houston-based Black Elk Energy.
