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Oil rig off the SoCal coast catches fire; 'no immediate threat' to environment, officials say

A fire broke out on an inactive oil platform along Southern California's coast early Monday, briefly endangering more than two dozen workers aboard the offshore rig. Emergency crews were able to ...
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Platform fire puts focus on company's use of Filipino workers

NEW ORLEANS -- The most seriously injured workers in Friday's oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico were Filipino guest laborers at a Galliano oilfield construction company. Filipino workers have ...