President Orders Earth's 'Door To Hell' Be Extinguished And Closed
After consistently burning for more than 50 years, it looks like the Darvaza Gas Crater's days are numbered.
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Turkmenistan's president has ordered the extinguishing of the country's "Gateway to Hell", a fire that has been burning for decades in a huge desert gas crater.
Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov wants it put out for environmental and health reasons, as well as part of efforts to increase gas exports.
Mystery surrounds the Darvaza crater's creation in the Karakum Desert.
Many believe it formed when a Soviet drilling operation went wrong in 1971.