Turkmenistan's "Gateway to Hell" is a fiery pit that has burned continuously since 1971. After over half a century, the inferno may finally be subsiding. Though this is the most common explanation ...

After clumsy Soviet scientists set alight an underground pocket of gas in 1971, the 'Gateway to Hell' crater in Turkmenistan has been burning constantly until efforts were made to stop the flames ...

An enormous fire has been raging in Turkmenistan for more than 50 years and nobody has been able to tame it - yet. Known as the 'Gateway to Hell', the Darvaza Gas Crater is a massive gas well that ...

Turkmenistan said Thursday it had significantly reduced a gas fire that has been raging for half a century at a site dubbed the “Gateway to Hell” . The fire has been burning in the Karakum ...