Myron Macy Kinley (July 4, 1896 – May 12, 1978) was an American pioneer in fighting oil well fires.
Kinley's father was an oil well shooter[3] in California, setting off explosives to fracture the subsurface formation and increase well flow.
In 1913, faced with a roaring fire resulting from a blowout, Karl tried blowing it out with a giant "puff" of dynamite.
Young Kinley, who helped with the first shot, went on to develop the business of oil well firefighting, essentially establishing the industry.
[4] During Kinley's life he developed many patents and designs for the tools and techniques of oil firefighting.