Big Wind firefighting jet tank

[Frank S]

In 1991 in Kuwait,there were dozens of companies from all over the world assisting in extinguishing and bringing the approximate 800 well head fires and damaged well heads under control.
Sometimes it was prudent to actually set a gushing well a blaze to burn off the more volatile gasses while preparing to place a suitable cap on the well the fires would be extinguished again just before whatever device was used to stop the flow.
It seemed counter productive to me, but hey fortunately I was just there to work not to run things. the fires and wells were all extinguished and caped in a much shorter time than anyone could have hoped. When I went back in 2003 much of the land was still blackened from the spilled oil but by 2013 a lot of that baron land was growing many desert plant species