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Coast Guard: No Oil Sheen From Gulf Fire

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POSTED: 10:33 am CDT September 2, 2010

UPDATED: 5:57 pm CDT September 2, 2010

Coast Guard: No Sheen From Gulf Oil Fire

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NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) -- The Coast Guard is backing off its earlier report that an oil sheen about a mile long was spreading following a platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico.

Coast Guard Cmdr. Cheri Ben-Iesau said Thursday afternoon that crews was unable to confirm the oil sheen. The Coast Guard says platform owner Mariner Energy reported a sheen about a mile long and 100 feet wide. But the company has said in a statement that an initial flyover didn't find an oil spill.

Ben-lesau says the fire on the platform has been put out. All 13 crew members were rescued from the water.

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