Talk:Oil well fire

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Created this page. Still needs work. Malamockq 18:48, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dynamite Usage

It is unlikely that dynamite is used as it does not need oxygen however a fuel air explosive would proably be very effective.

--CAJ 21:58, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Except for the FACT that dynamite is what has been used and is still used today. Duh. And an oil well blowout IS a fuel-air explosive. Ya think?

I added a source from John Wright Co. on fire control, which contained a section on the use of dynamite, which states;

Commonly available explosives such as 80% nitroglycerin grade dynamite are still used in oil well firefighting. It is believed that M. M. Kinley invented the presently used method, which was employed by experienced firefighters in the 1920s. For the mechanism, slow-speed photography indicates that the explosion acts to temporarily drive fuel away from the point where the flame develops and deprive that immediate area of oxygen to support instant reignition. Depending on fire size and prior experience, up to 500 lb of explosive may be used.

I also added it as a reference on the page. Firetrap (talk • contribs) 15:03, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

T-55 not T-62 for "Big Wind" hull

I've found only one reference of a T-62 hull being used and every photo of the Big Wind I have personally seen show a T-34 or T-55 hull. I can understand the mistake as the T-55 and T-62 are visually very similar but a good identifier is the roadwheel spacing. on a T-62, the roadwheels are spaced evenly while the T-55 has a pronounced gap between the first and second. Dominic Vincent Irwin (talk) 02:10, 15 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]