Firefighters with water hoses during an emergency operation. While drilling at a depth of more than 3 kilometers, the drill broke through the cofferdam and oil, the "blood of earth," mixed with gas shot upward and started burning.
- Categories: Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Disasters & Accidents
- Location: Mahachkala, Republic of Dagestan, Russia
- Event date: 01.08.1977
- Date published: 06.10.2004
- Author: Valeriy Shustov
- Source: Sputnik
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: 78-4107, 35 mm film
- Media: JPEG, 5315x3571px, 4.7Mb