Apparently it's in Uzbekistan.
http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfacto ... tohell.htm
The Gate to Hell
The Gate to Hell
"No, but evil is still being — Is having reason — Being reasonable! Mousie understands? Is always being reason. Is punishing world for not being... Like in head. Is always reason. World should be different, is reason."
Yes, there are a number of natural fuel deposits that have been set alight and have taken longer than expected to burn out.
Edit: At Baijigou, a fire started in a coal seam that dates back to the last Qing dynasty (overthrown in 1911). As of 2002 it was still burning.
Link to a Daily Telegraph article.
Edit: At Baijigou, a fire started in a coal seam that dates back to the last Qing dynasty (overthrown in 1911). As of 2002 it was still burning.
Link to a Daily Telegraph article.
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Huh. I actually live about forty miles from the infamous coal-seam fire beneath Centralia, Pennsylvania. It's been burning for almost 50 years now, and the once-thriving town is down to about nine hold-out residents. 
It's not as visually-impressive as the one from the link, although I have seen pics of some rather alarming sinkholes there.
It's not as visually-impressive as the one from the link, although I have seen pics of some rather alarming sinkholes there.
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