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North Sea oil rig partially evacuated after fire
AFP
LONDON
Petroleumworld.com 08 16 07
A North Sea oil rig operated by American drilling company Diamond Offshore was partially evacuated on Tuesday after a fire in the engine room that has since been put out, a spokesman for the company told AFP.
Of the 87 people on board the rig, 125 miles (200 kilometres) northeast of the Scottish town of Aberdeen, 32 were evacuated by two helicopters that left the rig earlier Tuesday evening. No one was injured.
"We had a small fire in the engine room at the Ocean Guardian rig," the spokesman said. "That fire is out."
"As a precaution, we began down-manning non-essential personnel, and 32 people were evacuated from the rig as a precaution. No personnel have been injured, and everybody has been accounted for. We are now just in the process of assessing damage."
The company spokesman said he could not comment on how the fire was started, but said that an investigation team will go on board the rig, "and we will determine how this was caused."
AFP 14 2004 GMT 08 07
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