File:Petrol dumps burning at Mersa Matruh, Egypt.jpg

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English: Petrol dumps burning at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, as the result of a German air raid. Disused petrol drums were used as ventilator shafts for underground bunkers. Photograph taken on 15 July 1942 by Captain J White.
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Source https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=ecatalogue.532765
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