A MYSTERIOUS crater eerily dubbed “the Gates of Hell” might not be so scary anymore as its infernal flames are finally dying out. The fiery Darvaza gas crater is located in the Karakum … ...

From The "Gates Of Hell" In Turkmenistan To NYC's Burning Falls, A World Tour Of Eternal Flames Photo of people standing next to a cracked highway from subsurface coal fire near Centralia ...

Turkmenistan said on June 5 that it had significantly extinguished the Karakum desert 'Door to Hell' gas fire that had been raging for half a century since a Soviet drilling expedition went wrong.

The Quest to Extinguish the Flames of Turkmenistan’s Terrifying ‘Gates of Hell’ Firepit The country’s president says it’s time to quash the ongoing 50-year blaze at the 230-foot-wide ...