The U.S. Coast Guard responded to the fire early Thursday morning and said it was fighting the blaze with four supply vessels. It said four people were evacuated from the platform located in the Gulf of Mexico, about 80 miles south of Grand Isle.
A Coast Guard spokesman said early reports found no signs of an oil spill, but said overhead flight monitoring would continue. Clean Gulf, a specialized group called on for potential oil spill emergencies, was also headed to the scene.
Renaissance Offshore, a Houston-based company, focuses on finding and buying “under-developed assets with upside potential in the Gulf of Mexico,” including older, legacy fields that still can produce oil, according to its website.
The cause of the incident is under investigation, the Coast Guard said.
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