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Observe fireboat responding to crews battling the fire during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010

Observe fireboat responding to crews battling the fire during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010

Fireboat response crews battling the blazing remnants of the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, April 21, 2010.
Video courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy
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