This image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon Wednesday April 21, 2010. The Coast Guard by sea and air planned to search overnight for 11 workers missing since a thunderous explosion rocked an oil drilling platform that continued to burn late Wednesday. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard)

On early Thursday morning, April 2, in the Gulf of Mexico 80 miles away from Vermillion Bay is where a massive rupture took place. Months after the April oil rig exploded came yet another explosion from the same area. This time the explosion was less serious.

According to Coast Guard Cmdr. Cheri Ben-Iesau, seven Coast Guard helicopters, two airplanes and three cutters were sent from New Orleans, Houston and Mobile, Ala. to help out on the scene. Luckily the rig was in shallow water which made it easier for the 13 people aboard the rig to make it out alive with minimum injuries.

The Department of Homeland Security says that the Mariner Energy of Houston owned the oil rig, known as Vermillion oil platform 380. They also say that the rig was not producing oil or gas. Thus far reports also show that nothing serious spilled from the rig.

On Friday, BP is expected to fix and clean up everything for further relief.