Paul Neal "Red" Adair (June 18, 1915 - August 7, 2004) was a renowned American oil field firefighter. He became world famous as an innovator in the highly specialized and extremely hazardous profession of extinguishing and capping blazing, erupting oil wells, both land-based and offshore. Adair was born in Houston, Texas, and attended Reagan High School. He began fighting oil well fires after returning from serving in a bomb disposal unit during World War II. Wikipedia
Red Adair has died aged 89. His exploits fighting oil well fires around the globe made him a household name from Kuwait to Texas. news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2281867.stm
As well as a charismatic risk taker, Adair was an astute businessman, creating various enterprises throughout his life. www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1279227,00.html
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As a young man, Red Adair dropped out of high school to help support his family. He worked as a laborer for several different companies. In nineteen thirty-eight, Adair got his first oil-related job with the Otis Pressure Control Company. ... During www.manythings.org/voa/04/041031pa_t.htm
Within a few years, Adair and his crew were battling a fire at a natural gas well in the Sahara Desert known as The Devil's Cigarette Lighter. ... After deciding that digging under the natural gas well would be too dangerous, Adair put out the fire wit www.offthekuff.com/mt/archives/003977.html
