Kuwaiti oil fires of 1991
As the first Gulf War ended, retreating Iraqi forces set light to oil wells in the desert
Witness History · BBC World Service
November 15, 20219m 43s
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Show Notes
After the end of the Gulf War in 1991, retreating Iraqi forces set light to oil wells in the desert. Specialist firefighters were drafted in by the Kuwaiti government to help put them out. Simon Watts spoke to one of those firefighters, Richard Hatteberg, in 2010.
This is a rebroadcast.
Photo: an oil fire in Kuwait. March 1991. Credit:Getty Images.