{"id":462014,"date":"2022-01-08T15:01:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T15:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=23957"},"modified":"2022-01-08T15:01:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T15:01:16","slug":"plans-to-extinguish-gateway-to-hell-president-turkmenistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/01\/08\/plans-to-extinguish-gateway-to-hell-president-turkmenistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans to extinguish \u2018Gateway to Hell\u2019, President Turkmenistan."},"content":{"rendered":"
Web Desk,<\/p>\n
Experts have finally finds ways to extinguish a massive five-decade old fire in a giant natural gas crater, “Gateway to Hell” located in the Central Asian country, Turkmenistan.<\/p>\n
President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov said on state television briefing on Saturday that extinguish Darvaza gas crater in the middle of the vast Karakum desert.<\/p>\n
Earlier in 2010, Berdymukhamedov also ordered experts to find a way to put out the flames that have been burning ever since a Soviet drilling operation went awry in 1971.<\/p>\n
President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov said that the man-made crater “negatively affects both the environment and the health of the people living nearby”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
“We are losing valuable natural resources for which we could get significant profits and use them for improving the well-being of our people,” he said in televised briefing.<\/p>\n
Berdymukhamedov instructed officials to “find a solution to extinguish the fire”.<\/p>\n
The crater was created during a Soviet drilling accident hit a gas cavern in 1971, causing the drilling rig to fall in and the earth to collapse beneath it. <\/a><\/p>\n
To prevent the dangerous fumes from spreading, the Soviets decided to burn off the gas by setting it on fire.<\/p>\n
The resulting crater 70 metres (229 feet) wide and 20 metres (65 feet) deep is a popular tourist attraction in the ex-Soviet country.<\/p>\n
In 2018, the president officially renamed it to the “Shining of Karakum” and previous attempts to extinguish it have been unsuccessful.<\/p>\n\n