Quote Originally Posted by VinnieL View Post
I always wondered if they really did put those out with dynamite like was shown in the John Wayne movie.
Yes they do, back then and to this day. There are some 'Thrilling true tales' of putting out well fires in the 1930's era Populaar MEchanics back issues on Google Books. Also I remember seeing a documentary about how they dealt with the well fires in Kuwait back after the first Gulf War; may have been a Nova or Frontline episode on PBS. There's also this https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104275/ but I don't think that's the one I saw.

That one features the real Red Adair, who was the character John Wayne was playing...