Below are photos from aBlack Elk Energy oil production platform off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico after a platform explosion and fire killed two workers and sent four others to a hospital with burns last Friday.
PHOTOS: Black Elk oil platform fire off Gulf coast
by Cassady Craighill
November 19, 2012
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A United States Coast Guard plane flies over the Black Elk Energy oil production platform 40 kilometers east of Grand Isle after an explosion and fire killed two workers and sent four others to a hospital with burns.
© Sean Gardner / Greenpeace