Geologists set Turkmenistan's Darvaza gas crater ablaze in 1971, thinking the fire would die down within a few weeks, but the pit is still burning 53 years later.

For more than five decades, a massive pit of fire has been burning in Turkmenistan’s Karakum Desert, and the country’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov wants to put an end to it, says ...

The pit has been burning for over 40 years. Flickr user NMK Photography Though Turkmenistan's president ordered the pit be filled in 2010, hundreds of tourists still flock to the site. Flickr user ...

This natural gas field in Turkmenistan has been on fire for decades, but officials say it may soon be running on empty. Search. ... Although the never-ending burn pit draws its fair share of ...

A huge fiery pit dubbed the 'Gates of Hell' has been burning in the desert for more than 50 years - and is still going strong despite efforts to close it down. The Darvaza sinkhole in Turkmenistan ...

The “Gates of Hell” have been furiously burning away in Turkmenistan for decades, ... then-President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov expressed a serious interest in extinguishing the fire pit.

Turkmenistan plans to close its ‘Gates of Hell’ fire crater in Darvaza. Turkmenistan’s ... Canadian explorer George Kourounis was the first to descend into the 100-ft deep pit of fire, ...

Turkmenistan’s leader has ordered that a mysterious fire crater nicknamed the ‘Gates of Hell’ be extinguished after burning for decades. Turkmenistan’s dictator president Gurbanguly ...

A MYSTERIOUS fire crater nicknamed the ‘Gates of Hell’ is set to be EXTINGUISHED after spewing ‘devil breath’ flames for decades. Turkemnistan’s dictator president Gur… ...

MYSTERY surrounds a massive molten gas pit dubbed as the “Gates of Hell” that has been spewing “devil breath” fire for decades. The fiery Darvaza gas crater is located in th… ...