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NEW ORLEANS ? Assist vessels fire water cannons at the Deepwater Horizon in an attempt to control and extinguish a fire April 21, 2010, which has engulfed the mobile offshore drilling unit after an explosion April 20. Coast Guard helicopters, planes and cutters are responding to the incident. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tom Atkeson.