RAW: Coast Guard helicopter rescues shipyard workers from atop burning oil rig in Sabine Pass, Texas

Port Arthur firefighters and the Coast Guard are on the scene of an oil rig fire at a shipyard in Sabine Pass.

The U.S. Coast Guard has a crew from Coast Guard Station Sabine and a helicopter on the scene of the rig fire according to the Coast Guard.
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