Responders Battling Gulf Oil Platform Fire

The Coast Guard and crew members of surrounding vessels were responding to a pre-dawn fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, authorities said Thursday morning. The blaze was reported around 2:30 a.m. on the platform about 80 miles south of Grand Isle, Louisiana, the Coast Guard said in a statement. There were no reports of injuries. "There are no current reports of any pollution at the moment," Coast Guard Petty Officer Third Class Travis Magee told The Associated Press by phone from New Orleans.