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Growing up during the Great Depression, Red Adair dropped out of high school to work and help his family make ends meet. He bounced through several jobs before joining the Army for WWII, where he found himself working in bomb disposal. Something about explosions appealed to this young man, and after the war he went to work for Myron Kinley, a world-famous freelance firefighter who specialized in the especially dangerous work of putting out oil well fires.
After more than a decade in Kinley's employ, Adair quit and started his own firefighting business, the Red Adair Company. A 1962 fire called the "Devil's Cigarette Lighter" made him famous. It had burned in the Sahara Desert for six months, consuming half-a-million cubic feet of gas every day. Adair and his crew extinguished that fire, and many more, including 117 lit by Saddam Hussein's retreating troops in the 1991 Gulf War. Adair sold the Red Adair Company in 1993, and retired to enjoy a quiet life as a freelance oil firefighting consultant.
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Paul Adair Three-Hole Mountain Inn Actuphoto.com, France - Paul Adair creates images that appear full of promise and perfection. Upon closer inspection we see the perfection come unstuck. ... |
 Adair Progress | Extension Service Honors Volunteer Leaders At Banquet Adair Progress, KY - By Paul B. Hayes on November 20,2008 A successful and productive Cooperative Extension Service such as the one in Adair County relies extensively on ... |
Graduations: West Lothian College Scotsman, United Kingdom - Health and Social Care – Anita Adair, Shahnaz Akhtar, Elizabeth Allison, Sarah Dee Anderson, David Anderson, Christina Anderson, Kathleen Ann Clark, ... |
 Adair Progress | Quilt Blocks Adding Color To Local Barns Adair Progress, KY - The new adornments are large "quilt block" patterns that are being put up by the Columbia-Adair County Tourism Commission to help promote tourism and help ... |
Rings run in the Guidugli family Kentucky.com, KY - Adair County basketball star Darren Ballou signed with Morehead State. The 6-7 senior averaged 17 points and nine rebounds last year. ... |
A proper display for Sawyier State-Journal.com, KY - Monuments to governors Christopher Greenup, John Adair and George Madison were installed in 1872 and severely damaged by a storm in April. ... |
 Adair Progress | Darren Ballou Signs With Morehead State University Adair Progress, KY - By Paul B. Hayes on November 18,2008 Darren Ballou, the Adair County Indians' standout senior forward/center, has signed to play his college basketball at ... |
'Pards have been unpredictable Allentown Morning Call, PA - Wide receiver Shaun Adair, who figures to be a thorn in Lehigh's side for the fourth straight year, has moved into fourth place all-time for career ... |
 Voice of America | President and Mrs. Bush Attend Presentation of the 2008 National ... Whitehouse.gov (press release), DC - To Adair Margo, the Chairman of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, thank you very, very much, Adair. (Applause. ... Bush Awardees Include Stan Lee, Olivia de Havilland |
Christmas in Columbia Set For December 6 Adair Progress, KY - By Paul B. Hayes on November 18,2008 The Christmas season will again be kicked off in grand style this year with the Columbia-Adair County Chamber of ... |
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