LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – UPDATE: Two employees were medevaced to Galveston after sustaining injuries from a platform fire 112 miles south of Vermilion Bay early this morning.

Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report at 1:20 a.m. that Shell Enchilada platform was on fire.

There were 46 crew members reported aboard the platform who evacuated to a lifeboat and were transferred to a nearby platform, Salsa, by the offshore supply vessel C-Liberty.

There were two people reported to have injuries. A 54-year-old man suffered from flash burns and a concussion, and a 29-year-old man suffered from a sprained wrist and a concussion, according to the Coast Guard.

Shell launched an emergency helicopter and medevaced both victims and transferred them to the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.

The platform and all associated production has been shut in. The fire has been reduced to a small flame coming out of a pipe on the platform.

Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile launched a HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew to conduct an overflight. The aircrew reported the fire had mostly dissipated. A Coast Guard Cutter Skipjack boat crew was also diverted to the scene.

There is report of a light sheen north of the Shell platform Enchilada.

BSEE and Coast Guard are jointly investigating the cause of the incident.

ORIGINAL STORY (WWL-TV): Two people were hurt and more than three dozen workers have been evacuated after a fire on an oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the fire started around 2 a.m. on the Shell Enchilada Platform located 100 miles south of Vermillion Bay.

The Coast Guard says the fire has been extinguished and investigators are trying to determine what caused the incident.

Forty-six crew members were reportedly on the platform at the time of the fire. Those workers have been evacuated.

Shell spokesman Philip Robinson said all of the workers who were aboard the platform were safely evacuated to a nearby vessel or another Shell-operated platform in the area.

Shell said in a statement that its platform was safely shut down. Shell and Preston said there were no immediate reports of oil pollution in the area.

Shell said it will investigate the cause of the “operational incident.”

“No harm to people or the environment is ever acceptable and Shell deeply regrets that this incident occurred,” the company’s statement says.