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Turkmenistan Reduces 50-Year Gas Fire Dubbed 'Gateway to Hell'
The Morning Standard
|June 06, 2025
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".
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The fire has been burning in the Karakum desert since 1971, when Soviet scientists accidentally drilled into an underground pocket of gas and then decided to ignite it.
The blaze has been spewing out massive quantities of methane, a gas that contributes to climate change, ever since.
This story is from the June 06, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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