The Soviets Used a Thermonuclear Bomb to Extinguish a Hellish Fire That Raged for Years
After the Soviets discovered huge reserves of natural gas in Uzbekistan, this part of the USSR became the main gas producing region in the country. But, things went wrong and one of its key gas fields turned into a man-made disaster of unimaginable magnitude. Hellish fire The unprecedented emergency at the Urta-Bulak gas field happened …