**US coast guards search the Gulf of Mexico for at least 11 people missing after an explosion and fire on an oil drilling platform.**The rig was still burning hours after the blast on Tuesday night 52 miles (84km) south-east of the Louisiana port of Venice.
Coast guards spoke of conflicting reports on the number of missing, which ranged from 11 to 15.
Two of the injured, who are all in hospital, were taken to a burns unit.
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