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    The Mack Super Pumper was a locomotive engined fire fighter (2018)

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    148 points mstngl | 12 comments | 03 Nov 25 20:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.215s | source | bottom
    1. mtmail ◴[03 Nov 25 21:24 UTC] No.45804629[source]▶
    How do you extinguish an oil-well fire? Enter the "Big Wind" with two jet engines on a tank chassis. "The water is moving at a maximum rate of 220 gallons of water a second," https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15138374/stilling-the...
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    2. hakoda ◴[03 Nov 25 21:37 UTC] No.45804757[source]▶
    You could also nuke it; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urtabulak_gas_field
    3. dewey ◴[03 Nov 25 21:48 UTC] No.45804846[source]▶
    Tangentially related and recommended. Werner Herzog's film that also features longer sections on the fire fighting efforts on the oil fields.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lessons_of_Darkness

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    4. nchmy ◴[03 Nov 25 22:02 UTC] No.45804974[source]▶
    Someone just recommended this to me the other day!

    I must also recommend the recently-deceased legend Sebastiao Salgado's photos from Kuwait oil fires.

    https://publicdelivery.org/sebastiao-salgado-kuwait/

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    5. echelon_musk ◴[03 Nov 25 22:16 UTC] No.45805105[source]▶
    For lighter viewing there is Sorcerer (1977) [0] with Roy Scheider.

    [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorcerer_(film)

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    6. mtmail ◴[03 Nov 25 22:19 UTC] No.45805136[source]▶
    Video is hosted on archive.org https://archive.org/details/lessons-of-darkness-1992
    7. slybot ◴[03 Nov 25 22:35 UTC] No.45805288{3}[source]▶
    https://m.imdb.com/title/tt3674140/

    I watched this movie on cinema a decade ago. Highly recommended.

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    8. dreamcompiler ◴[04 Nov 25 00:07 UTC] No.45806047{3}[source]▶
    Great Tangerine Dream soundtrack too.
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    9. mikkupikku ◴[04 Nov 25 00:14 UTC] No.45806100{3}[source]▶
    Not sure I'd call that lighter viewing, but it's a truly excellent movie.
    10. PaulDavisThe1st ◴[04 Nov 25 01:36 UTC] No.45806603{4}[source]▶
    firefighter and tangerine dream fan, eh? we should cross paths ...
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    11. nchmy ◴[04 Nov 25 01:38 UTC] No.45806611{4}[source]▶
    It is, indeed, a tremendous documentary. He's one of my greatest inspirations.
    12. dreamcompiler ◴[04 Nov 25 03:39 UTC] No.45807208{5}[source]▶
    Pretty sure I'm just down the road from you too.