2022年为大流行世界带来了一些更有趣的消息。土库曼斯坦宣布将关闭其燃烧的天然气火山口被称为“通往地狱的门户”。
总统古尔班西·伯迪马克·霍梅多夫（Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov）在周日的电视转播中说，当局将朝着在卡拉库姆沙漠（Karakum Desert）燃烧的大火方向重新启动努力。法国阿肯斯 - 普雷斯报告。多年来，火山口成为近年来土库曼斯坦最受欢迎的旅游景点之一。这既有趣又令人恐惧。
由于火灾而引起了环境和经济问题。法新社说，贝尔迪蒙·库赫摩夫（Berdymukhamedov）呼吁官员“找到扑灭大火的解决方案”。该火山口尺寸约200英尺（70米）宽，至少65英尺（20米），看起来像是另一个世界的火热门户，“对住在附近的人们的环境和健康状况产生负面影响”，他说。
他通过法新社说：“我们正在失去宝贵的自然资源，我们可以为此获得可观的利润，并将其用于改善人民的福祉。”
这并不是Berdymukhamedov第一次试图关闭地狱的大门。他命令专家在2010年扑灭火焰，但他们无法成功。
Commonly known as the “Gateway to Hell,” the “Mouth of Hell,” and other colorfully apocalyptic nicknames, the Darvaza gas crater has been burning in the Central Asian nation since 1971. Details on the crater’s origin remain a bit of a mystery, but it’s mostly attributed to a Soviet drilling accident wherein the ground beneath a drilling rig gave way after it hit a gas cavern. It is said that the Soviet scientists, having underestimated the amount of fuel beneath their feet, lit the sinkhole on fire to burn off emerging noxious gases and prevent the dangerous fumes from spreading. The crew expected it to burn out in a matter of weeks, but more than 50 years later, the fire is still going strong.
