Why it's incredible: The entire gas crater has been on fire for more than 50 years. The "Gates of Hell," also known as the Darvaza gas crater after a nearby village, is a methane- and fire-filled ...

Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, president of Turkmenistan, wants to close the “Gates Of Hell.” While we might expect an authoritarian leader to make this kind of proclamation in a more figurative sense, ...

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — The president of Turkmenistan is calling for an end to one of the country’s most notable but infernal sights — the blazing natural gas crater widely referred to as the ...

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has called for the “Gates of Hell” natural gas fire to be put out after half a century. Berdimuhamedov called for a new effort to end the fire, citing the ...

Turkmenistan's president has ordered the government to find a way to extinguish a colossal gas fire burning since the 1970s. Dubbed the "Gates of Hell," the fire was rumored to be started deliberately ...

Turkmenistan’s authoritarian president has called for the end of one of the country’s most iconic sights – a flaming natural gas pit in the desert known as the Gates of Hell. The crater in the village ...

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — The president of Turkmenistan is calling for an end to one of the country’s most notable but infernal sights — the blazing natural gas crater widely referred to as the “Gates ...