A Gas Platform Explosion Off Mexico Injures 6 Workers and Leaves Several Missing, Officials Say

A Gas Platform Explosion Off Mexico Injures 6 Workers and Leaves Several Missing, Officials Say
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The Associated Press
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MEXICO CITY—An explosion at an offshore gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico left six workers injured and several others missing, Mexican officials said Friday.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said at his daily morning press briefing that “three or four” people were missing following the fire at the Nohoch gas transfer platform.