particularly after one example was used to put out a fire at the 168 Algyo oil well in 1968. Big Wind on the ground in Kuwait, extinguishing a burning oil well. Credit: Getty Images Decades later ...

after the fire sent black smoke billowing through the six-storey structure south of Kuwait City and injured dozens more. Most ...

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Kuwaiti oil wells were set alight en masse, creating towering infernos that blackened the sky. As it turns out, extinguishing a burning oil well is no easy feat. In the face of this environmental ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Flights to the small, oil-rich country of Kuwait were briefly disrupted Saturday under unclear circumstances. Local media in Kuwait reported the disruption ...

WASHINGTON, March 15 (KUNA) -- The State of Kuwait Embassy in Washington has urged Kuwaiti citizens ... The diplomatic mission affirmed that the citizens must stay away from the regions where the ...