Myron M. Kinley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American firefighter
Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1896
Place of Birth: Pasadena, California, United States
Date of Death: 12-May-1978
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Myron M. Kinley
- Myron Macy Kinley was a pioneer in fighting oil well fires.
- He was born in Santa Barbara, California in 1898 and died May 12, 1978.
- During Kinley's life he developed many patents and designs for the tools and techniques of oil firefighting.
- He also trained others in their use, including legendary Red Adair, "Boots" Hansen and "Coots" Mathews (Boots & Coots).
- Virtually every organization in the oil well firefighting business today can trace its roots back to Myron Kinley and the MM Kinley Company.
- Kinley's father Karl T.
- Kinley was an oil well shooter in California; Karl dynamited wells to fracture the rock and to increase flow.
- In 1913, faced with a roaring fire resulting from a blowout, Karl tried blowing it out with a giant "puff" of dynamite.
- It worked, and remains a common technique for fighting oil fires. Young Kinley, who helped with the first shot, went on to develop the business of oil well firefighting, and essentially established the industry.
- Although it was lucrative, it had its risks.
- Kinley's right leg was permanently injured in late 1936 at the Bay City fire.
- Kinley's brother, Floyd Kinley died March 12, 1938 from injuries at a Goliad, Texas blowout accident, he was born November 28, 1904 in Bundrage, California.
- Kinley was also severely burned in an accident in Venezuela in 1945.
- He survived many incidents and died at home in Chickasha, Oklahoma on May 12, 1978. Kinley's parents; Karl T.
- Kinley and Katherine Rose Scholl were married July 4, 1896 in Pasadena, California.
- As a baby, Kinley moved to Bakersfield in 1899.
- His sister Lucille was born in 1902; she lived in Ohio, California.
- Myron Kinley married Rowena May Hall in 1924.
- Kinley was later married to his second wife Jessie Dearing in 1958.
- In 1996, Jessie Kinley published the book Call Kinley about Myron Kinley's achievements.
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