Rig ‘could blow again’
lf A natural-gas rig. that exploded'in the Gulf of Mexi- •» co, killing at least two men k and injuring six, could blow “up again, United States s Coast Guard officials * have said. The rig exploded about 130 km off the south Texas * coast. Gas p-.ss.ure had built “ up since the previous night and all but 11 of the 30-man r crew had been evacuated before the blast. — Corpus a Christi. ;
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