A Turkish airport has been forced to temporarily close with flights cancelled and diverted as wildfires continue to rage.

In January 2022, former president Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow appeared on state television announcing plans to “close” the ...

Deep in the Turkmenistan desert lies a fiery pit known as the Gate to Hell. Burning nonstop since the 1980s, this massive crater was accidentally created by Soviet engineers and has since become a ...

Wells have been set up to help reduce fire at the crater. The world is home to a handful of "gateways to hell" i.e., fiery pits that resemble artistic depictions of the entrance to the underworld.

The Darvaza Gas Crater, also known as the 'Gates of Hell', is one such example. This 196-foot-wide pit in Turkmenistan's Karakum Desert has been aflame for at least 40 years.

The ‘Gates of Hell’ Are Closing. That’s a Pretty Big Problem. This natural gas field in Turkmenistan has been on fire for decades, but officials say it may soon be running on empty.

Deep in the arid desert of Turkmenistan, a huge crater has been burning with the ... Satellite images show how it is now just smouldering in the desert, a far cry from the sheet of fire once seen for ...

Except they’re real. Let’s look at a few facts about Turkmenistan that are so weird that they’re hard to believe. There’s a Giant Crater That’s Been on Fire Since the 70s Credit: flickr ...

The closest thing to hell on Earth lies in Turkmenistan’s Karakum Desert. There, a fire pit known as the Darvaza Crater earned the name “Gates of Hell”—or “Door to Hell”—because it ...

In the middle of the Karakum desert in Turkmenistan, there’s a massive fiery pit officially called the Darvaza Crater - but also known as the “gates of hell”. The fire - which is man made ...

Turkmenistan said on Friday it will capture the gas fuelling its "Gateway to Hell", putting the man-made fire pit at risk of closure as the reclusive state seeks to reduce its greenhouse emissions.