Talk:Oil well fire

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

[edit] 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)

I added a source from John Wright Co. on fire control, which contained a section on thh 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)