Spontaneous Natural Flames
- A coal mine fire in Centralia, Pennsylvania has been burning beneath the borough since 1962.
- The Eternal Flame Falls can be found in the Shale Creek Preserve, Chestnut Ridge Park in New York, United States.
- There is an area producing natural spontaneous flames in Olympos National Park, Turkey.
- There is an eternal flame in Guanziling, Taiwan, as a result of methane gas.
- Flaming Geyser State Park in Washington, United States.
- An eternal flame in Australia, fueled by a coal seam instead of natural gas. Called "Burning Mountain", it is claimed to be the world's longest burning fire, at 6,000 years old.
- The Door to Hell, near Derweze, Turkmenistan, is a large hole leaking natural gas that has been burning since 1971.
- Eternal Flame near Kirkuk, Iraq. Locals call it Baba Gurgur and say it has been burning thousands of years.
- Eternal Flame at the Yanar Dag mud volcano in Azerbaijan
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