Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Breaking: Dramatic Increase in Oil Flow--2 Deaths

by Dartagnan

Not Good

WASHINGTON - Oil was again gushing uncontrollably from the BP spill site on Wednesday after the company was forced to remove the containment cap when a robotic submarine hit a vent. The news came as officials also reported two deaths of workers in the response effort.

The deaths appear to be unrelated to the actual containment effort.

The deaths reported Wednesday were not tied to the containment operation. The Coast Guard said the workers had been involved in cleanup operations did that their deaths did not appear to be work related.

One death was a boat captain who died of a gunshot wound, a Coast Guard spokesman sai.d Further details were not immediately available.



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