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Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado
Magnum Photos for The New York Times Magazine
Magnum Photos for The New York Times Magazine
01 January, 1991
A blast of oil and fumes has knocked a firefighter unconscious; he had to be pulled clear by three colleagues. Hundreds of Kuwaiti oil wells were sabotaged by departing Iraqis, turning the desert into a poisoned inferno. Specialist firefighters moved in to minimize the damage.
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