AP - KENNER, La. ? An oil rig exploded Sunday night in Lake Pontchartrain, causing multiple severe injuries to workers, police said. Kenner Police Department spokesman Sgt. Brian McGregor said rescue boats were mobilized and that officials with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office were assisting, the Times-Picayune reported . There were "a lot of injuries," many of them serious, with at least seven confirmed and more expected, McGregor said. Five of the injured were taken to University Medical Center with "blast-type injuries and burns" and were in critical condition, said Mike Guillot, director of East Jefferson Emergency Medical Services.
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