In 1966, the Soviets successfully extinguished a 3-year long oil well fire in southern Uzbekistan by detonating a 30-kiloton nuclear bomb.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlVmo_jvBQE
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In 1966, the Soviets successfully extinguished a 3-year long oil well fire in southern Uzbekistan by detonating a 30-kiloton nuclear bomb.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlVmo_jvBQE
More:
https://www.amusingplanet.com/2018/0...-fires-by.html
In the late 1990,s the Uzbekistan government used a tank fired tactical nuclear weapon to put out a well fire. This one was a atmospheric detonation.