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ROBOCRANE

Oil Well Fire Fighting

Oil well fires in Kuwait
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Oil well fires in Kuwait. These photos, courtesy of the NIST Building and Fire Research Laboratory, were taken within a few weeks after the end of the Gulf War. Extreme heat and difficult desert conditions created significant challenges for fire fighters of these oil wells.

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