OIL FIRES
EXTINGUISHED QUICKLY IN RUMANIA CAUSE OF OUTBREAK UNKNOWN. CRACK SOVIET TROOPS SENT TO BESSARABIA. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.45 a.m.) LONDON, October 15. A Bucharest communique states that the cause of the fires in three oil wells in the Ploesti region on October 14 is unknown. They were extinguished in 56 minutes, thanks to the presence of watchful German squads. The damage amounts to £4,000. Work at the wells is functioning normally. < Crack Soviet units, including motorised units and planes, have replaced the original occupation troops in Bessarabia. The Germans are entrenched on the western bank of the Pruth. The German news agency said there was no foundation for reports that German troops had gone to Bulgaria.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 October 1940, Page 6
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121OIL FIRES Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 October 1940, Page 6
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