Burning Platform; Off Empire, LA
Off Empire, LA | 2012-Mar-16
Initial Notification: At 1700 CST, on 16MAR, USCG contact NOAA SSC about a platform on fire. A small platform fire broke out on Baptiste Collette Bayou due to welding near a storage tank of crude oil. Three people vacated the platform and no one is believed to still be on it. A Port Authority boat from the Coast Guard is on the scene. There has been no oil released at this point, but USCG has requested a trajectory for the full release of the storage tank.
Incident Details
| Primary threat: | Oil |
| Products of concern: | Crude Oil |
| Total amount at risk of spill: | 5000 gallons |
| Latitude (approximate): | 29° 27.45′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 89° 23.58′ West |