A satellite imageĀ of the smoke from a few of the burning Kuwaiti oil wellsĀ dated on April 7, 1991. “The plume boundaries/the maximum assumed extent of the combined plumes from over six hundred fires during the period of February 15 – May 30, 1991. The number of oil fires peaked between February 22 and 24, when… Continue reading Photo Of The Day: Kuwaiti Oil Fires
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Big Wind: The Ultimate Fire Extinguisher
A team of Hungarian engineers have builtĀ the ultimate fire extinguisher, they called it “big wind”. They’ve removed the gun turrets from an old Russian tank, replaced them with 2 turbines from a MiG-21 fighter jet.Ā This extreme machine was used to fight the Kuwait oil fires, afterĀ theĀ Iraqi invasionĀ inĀ August 1990. Watch theĀ jet engine fire extinguisherĀ in the video… Continue reading Big Wind: The Ultimate Fire Extinguisher