By the CNN Wire Staff
updated 1:23 PM EST, Fri November 16, 2012
The oil production platform is roughly 20 miles off the coast of Grand Isle, Louisiana.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- NEW: Half-mile oil sheen spotted; about 28 gallons of fuel spilled, Coast Guard official says
- Four people in critical condition; they're expected to be transferred to a burn center
- The platform is for production and not drilling, authorities say
- The fire has been put out, the Houston-based firm in charge of the platform says
(CNN) -- An oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico caught fire after an explosion Friday, sending 11 people to hospitals and leaving two missing, authorities said.
Nine others were airlifted off the platform, and a half-mile oil sheen stretched across an area roughly 20 miles off the coast of Grand Isle, Louisiana. About 28 gallons of fuel spilled into the region, according to Coast Guard Response Division Chief Ed Cubanski. The platform is used for production and not drilling.
Four of injured are in critical condition at West Jefferson Medical Center in Louisiana and are expected to be transferred to the Baton Rouge General Burn Center.
Meanwhile, rescue airplanes and helicopters scoured the region in search of survivors. The fire has been extinguished, according to a spokesman for Black Elk Energy, the Houston-based firm in charge of the platform.
The incident comes a day after the Justice Department announced that oil company BP would plead guilty to manslaughter charges stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The London-based oil giant has agreed to pay $4.5 billion in government penalties.
CNN's Marylynn Ryan contributed to this report.
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