USSR put out a burning gas well with a nuclear explosion
"Exclusive FULL version documentary film in high quality about the peaceful nuclear explosion «Urta-Bulak»
The film was made for educational purposes and has historical value. The Soviet Union detonated a 30-kiloton nuclear explosive at a depth of 1532 m to extinguish a fire that raged out of control for three years in a natural gas field Urta-Bulak in Uzbekistan (Central Asia).
The experiment saved vast reserves of natural gas."
In Russian with English subs.
Artillery failed, the Nuke worked.