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Off empire, la

Burning Platform; Off Empire, la · NOAAORR-8419

issued: 2012-03-16 00:00Z
status: cancelled 2012-03-30 00:00Z
self-cancels: 2012-03-30 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 29.457, -89.393
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Burning Platform; Off Empire, LA.
Off Empire, LA.
1. 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.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 5000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 29.457N 089.393W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8419: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8419

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