Turkmenistan decides to close'Gates of Hell'

Turkmen President. Bendy mukha me dov has ordered experts to find a way to put out the blaze that has been raging for 50 times.
According to the AFP a news agency, the crater was formed in 1971 due to an accident while exploring for gas reserves in the former Soviet Union and the fire has not been extinguished since also.

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov on Saturday instructed authorities on a state Television to put out a fire in a hole in the middle of the Karakum Desert.
President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov said that"this man- made a hole is having a negative impact on the terrain and the health of the people living around it."

"We're depleting the natural coffers so that we can make a profit and ameliorate the lives of the people,"he said.
He asked the experts to find a way to put out the fire.

Numerous attempts have been made to extinguish this fire since 1971, but so far no attempt has been successful.
The hole is now 70 measures wide and 20 measures deep and is now a major sightseer magnet.