Investigators are looking into whether the firefighting response to the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion contributed to its sinking, a Coast Guard spokesman tells a watchdog group. Deepwater Horizon - BP - Coast Guard - United States Coast Guard - United States
Key ships stationed over BP's crippled Gulf well were ordered to evacuate Thursday ahead of Tropical Storm Bonnie, but the leaky cap affixed to the well head will stay closed while they are gone. BP - Mexico - Federal government of the United States - Gulf of Mexico - United States
