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Burning Oil Tank

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Description: A crowd is gathered a safe distance from a burning oil tank.
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Burning Oil Tank

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Description: An oil tank burns in an oil field, probably in Titusville, Pennsylvania, where the first oil well was constructed in 1859. In total, 35,000 barrels burned...

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