TIL During the Kuwaiti oil fires a Soviet tank equipped with turbine engines was used to help blow out 9 fires. Of the over 600 fires most were put out with seawater that was pumped through oil pipelines. Also if the fires were not put out they could have burned for another two to five years. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuw…
Big Wind, the Hungarian firefighting tank that helped put out the Kuwaiti oil fires in 1991.
The aftermath of Iraq's scorched earth policy from space, The Kuwaiti Oil fires, taken on April 7th 1991 [800x640]
Firefighters in Kuwait in 1991, sealing an oil well, during the Kuwaiti oil fires [xpost r/HistoryPorn]
USAF aircraft (F-16, F-15C and F-15E) fly over Kuwaiti oil fires, set by the retreating Iraqi army during Operation Desert Storm in 1991. [2000x1274]
Reminds me of a photo of Kuwaiti Oil Fires during Desert Storm...
A U.S. Navy F-14A Tomcat fighter jet flying over burning Kuwaiti oil wells during Operation Desert Storm in February 1991. Many oil wells "caught fire in the air...when oil shot out of the ground at high pressures." "At 15,000 PSI...oil comes out like an aerosol spray can rather than a garden hose."
Fires of Kuwait (1992) - Academy Award nominated movie detailing the extinguishing efforts and the dramatic aftermath of the 1991 kuwaiti oil well fires. [35:53] youtube.com/watch?v=L77BS…
Kuwaiti oil wells on fire, during the Gulf War, 1 March 1991
A Kuwaiti oilfield worker kneels for midday prayers near a burning oil field near Kuwait City, March 2, 1991. The fires, apparently set by retreating Iraqi soldiers, continue to burn out of control throughout Kuwait.
Kuwaiti Army M1A2 Abrams tanks and BMP-3 transports during a combined live-fire demonstration as part of the Kuwaiti Flagpole Exercise at Udari Range on 22 January 2018. [1430x886]
Under constant threat of ignition from nearby oil fires, Canadian personnel work to staunch the flow from a Kuwaiti well, Gulf War, 1991. [1000x678]
USAF aircraft of the 4th Fighter Wing fly over Kuwaiti oil fires, set by the retreating Iraqi army during Operation Desert Storm in 1991 [2000x1274]
[image] Under constant threat of ignition from nearby oil fires, Canadian personnel work to staunch the flow from a Kuwaiti well, Gulf War, 1991.
Firefighters in Kuwait in 1991, sealing an oil well, during the Kuwaiti oil fires
Kuwaiti oil fires: "The Kuwait Petroleum Company's estimate as of September 1991 was that there had been 610 fires, out of a total of 749 facilities damaged or on fire...These fires constituted approximately 50% of the total number of oil well fires in the history of the petroleum industry." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuw…
[History] Firefighters in Kuwait in 1991, sealing an oil well, during the Kuwaiti oil fires. Firefighting teams, working amidst unexploded mines and the roar of burning jets of oil, on soil so hot it blistered their knees as they knelt down, titled their occupation as "Operation Desert Hell."
Interesting documentary on fighting the kuwaiti oil field fires of the first gulf war. youtu.be/L77BSBKvMJk
Fighting the Kuwaiti oil fires, 1991 [960x540 album] imgur.com/gallery/nKKKf
Big Wind. A Hungarian conception used to put out the fire in the Kuwaiti oil fields in 1991. A MiG-21's engine mounted on top of a T-34 tank. Not military but the innovation level is superb.() imgur.com/JTa82mo
Firefighters in Kuwait in 1991, sealing an oil well, during the Kuwaiti oil fires. Firefighting teams, working amidst unexploded mines and the roar of burning jets of oil, on soil so hot it blistered their knees as they knelt down, titled their occupation as "Operation Desert Hell." [2560 x 1699]
Cinemagraphs of Werner Herzogs 'Lessons of Darkness' (Kuwaiti Oil fires, 1991) imgur.com/gallery/PFNHH
Everybody Wants to Rule the World but you're watching the Kuwaiti oil fields burn youtube.com/watch?v=lB8mD…
Big Wind. A Hungarian conception used to put out the fire in the Kuwaiti oil fields in 1991. A MiG-21's engine mounted on top of a T-34 tank. Not military but the innovation level is superb.(670x466) imgur.com/JTa82mo
Environmentalists examining the polluted and burning sand, al-Ahmadi oil field, Kuwait, 1991. The Kuwaiti oil wells were set on fire by the retreating Iraqi troops. [600x404]
Kuwaiti firefighters attempt to extinguish an oil fire at the Rumaila Oilfield, Iraq on March 27, 2003. [1,024 x 672]
[Military] Big Wind. A Hungarian conception used to put out the fire in the Kuwaiti oil fields in 1991. A MiG-21's engine mounted on top of a T-34 tank. Not military but the innovation level is superb.() imgur.com/JTa82mo
U.S. F-15C, F-15E, and F-16 jets fly over Kuwaiti oil fires during Operation Desert Storm (January - February 1991) [2000x1274]
USAF aircraft of the 4th Fighter Wing (F-16, F-15C and F-15E) fly over Kuwaiti oil fires, set by the retreating Iraqi army during Operation Desert Storm in 1991. [2000x1274]
1991 Kuwaiti Oil Fires (Sebasiao Salgado - The Salt of the Earth [2014]) youtube.com/watch?v=fzYdh…
Under constant threat of ignition from nearby oil fires, Canadian personnel work to staunch the flow from a Kuwaiti well, Gulf War, 1991. [1000x678] /u/WingedBadger
USAF Aircraft flying in formation over Kuwaiti oil fires set by the retreating Iraqi army, Desert Storm 1991 [2000x1274]
USAF X-02S "Strike Wyvern" flies past burning Kuwaiti oil fields during Operation Desert Storm, February 1991.
Fighting the Kuwaiti oil fires, 1991. imgur.com/gallery/nKKKf
Fighting the Kuwaiti oil fires, 1991. imgur.com/gallery/nKKKf
