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HOUSTON, Sept 9 | Thu Sep 9, 2010 12:02pm EDT

HOUSTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - A Mariner Energy ME.N platform caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, the second in two weeks, New Orleans television station WDSU-TV reported on its website.

The fire on the non-producing platform, located 75 miles south of Morgan City, Louisiana, has been extinguished and there was no sign of oil leaks, WDSU reported.

A fire on Mariner platform on Sept. 2 forced the evacuation of 13 workers. (Reporting by Erwin Seba; Editing by David Gregorio)

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