Russia to use anti-tank shells in attempt to put out oilfield fire
by Andrew Roth in Moscow and agencies from Environment | The Guardian on (#54C3N)
Military called in to fire artillery rounds at wellhead in Siberia that has been ablaze for nearly a week
A Russian oil company has asked the military to bombard a wellhead fire with anti-tank artillery rounds in a last-ditch effort to extinguish the blaze after nearly a week.
Russian troops will deploy to rural Siberia and fire shells from a 100mm anti-tank gun to cut off the wellhead and allow the oil well to be sealed, Russian state news agencies reported.
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