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Paul Neal "Red" Adair (June 18, 1915 – August 7, 2004) [3] [4] was an American oil well firefighter. He became notable internationally as an innovator in the specialized and hazardous profession of extinguishing and capping oil well blowouts , both land-based and offshore .
His lieutenant, Red Adair, went on to become the most famous of oil well firefighters. Some of the technology used by Red Adair to seal some of the Kuwait oil fires without re-igniting the flow of oil, originated in a patent by John R. Duncan (United States Patent 3,108,499 filed September 28, 1960, granted October 29,1963), a method and ...
The Devil's Cigarette Lighter was a natural gas well fire at Gassi Touil in the Sahara Desert of Algeria.The fire was ignited on November 6, 1961, and burned until being extinguished by Red Adair and his colleagues, who used explosives to deprive the flame of oxygen, on April 28, 1962.
Myron M. Kinley was a pioneer in fighting oil well fires and blowouts. He developed many patents and designs for the tools and techniques of oil firefighting. His father, Karl T. Kinley, attempted to extinguish an oil well fire with the help of a massive explosion—a method still in common use for fighting oil fires.
The fire started around 7 p.m. Friday, when lightning struck a crude oil storage tank in the unloading area in the port of Matanzas, Cuban authorities said. More than 100 injured and 17 ...
Hellfighters is a 1968 American adventure film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Jim Hutton, and Vera Miles.The movie depicts a group of oil well firefighters, and is based loosely on the life of Red Adair.
Firefighters were called to the complex at 5:07 p.m. after reports of heavy flames on the front porch and throughout all three floors. Wells apartment complex fire: Building 'a complete loss ...
After a fire on Great Western Road in Dennis Tuesday morning, residents in Harwich were placed under a “do not drink” order Wednesday.. Officials said firefighting foam used for the blaze ...