> I had an impression that the most used method for putting out the burning oil ...

		teh_klev on April 29, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Big Wind is the meanest firefighting tank you ever... > I had an impression that the most used method for putting out the burning oil wells is TNT You're not wrong. The technique was pioneered by Red Adair who was quite a famous firefighter with a speciality in blowout fires: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Adair It's worth doing a search on YouTube for videos of his "work": https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=red+adair

Also inspired the movie Hellfighters. (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063060/)