The action comes after Brian Maldonado, 25, of San Diego, Texas, died Saturday at the Dell Seton Medical Center in Austin where he underwent surgery after the blast.
Water was transported to the isolated site via tanker truck relay.
Only one of the four casualties originally reported has survived.
About 630 gallons of crude oil discharged into Tabbs Bay in east Houston from an out-of-service wellhead is contained and in the process of being removed, the U.S. Coast Guard reports.
Accident killed fire workers in one of the worst drilling accidents in a decade.
Three others were transported by air with serious injuries.
An oil slick that spread across thousands of miles of the Gulf of Mexico drew upon two of the leading names in industrial fire protection — Williams Fire & Hazard Control and Wild Well Control.
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