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Oil well fires in Kuwait 04/1991

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Nasa/Novapix

Reference

t-askow-00002

Date

2018-09-07

Oil well fires in Kuwait as seen by the space shuttle Atlantis STS-37. During the brief war between Iraq and the Allied forces, many of the oil wells in Kuwait were destroyed and set afire. For several months, those fires burned out of control, spewing wind borne smoke and ash for hundreds of miles. Apr 07 1991.