we usually conclude the idea that eternal flames are a mythical concept in
fairy tales and urban legends but they are actually not only common but also
found across our world in real life fueled by coal gas or seeping oil some
of these eternal flames have been burning for centuries and their source
of burning is unknown so on today's countdown from the NOC list we are
showing you a collection of places that are forever burning so let's begin this
fiery countdown number 10 rappin first recorded in the 15th century is an
eternal flame one that can never be extinguished this fire in Indonesia has
always been going on it is fueled by natural gas and is still burning to this
day in the Havanese culture it is considered sacred bound by tradition of
a saint who stuck his stick in the ground and made it rapid flame has been
used by the Indonesian people as a sacred one in many places like lighting
eternal flame torches for its sports tournaments number nine the haria coal
field regarded as the home to the largest coal mine fires in the world
hari as coal field in India is like a picture of hell it started as a small
one igniting and consuming 70 different kind of coal mines now burning all is
one the problem began with mining companies switching from below ground to
above ground practices leaving coal exposed the oxygen which is easily
flammable now the fires have been progressing swallowing houses and
railroads and even a river bank mine in 1955 number 8 smoking Hills now 8th on
our list is a little mysterious story in 1850 Captain Robert McClure was sailing
his ship called the investigator in the Arctic searching for a ship called the
Franklin expedition that had disappeared while searching for the northern
passageway he never found the crew nor did anyone
else to this day but he found something else
the smoking Hills pretty creepy he discovered massive fires on the rocky
shores and when some small rocks were brought back in curiosity it burned a
hole in Roberts desk pretty freaking cool to be honest it turns out that
Franklin had discovered the weird smoky hills by the smoke that arose from
with no vegetation across the sea they're still burning number seven the
burning Mountain seventh on our list is an underground coal fire that created
the burning mountain this mountain fire located near wing in New South Wales is
said to be ignited by combustion or a lightning strike no one knows for sure
because it's been going on for 6,000 years and it's as strong as ever blazing
and moving three point three feet each year to the South Pole man scientists
believe it may be the oldest continuously burning coal fire number
six Chestnut Ridge Park one of the most beautiful flames on this list Chestnut
Ridge Park has a strange natural flame that can be seen through the falling
water of a waterfall talk about odd and ironic legend says that it was lit by
Native Americans thousands of years ago but how does this flame work what is the
source of the fuel no one knows the ground is not hot enough to ignite the
gas and keep the fire burning nor is the underground shale deposit at a depth
where it should be to fuel the fire this makes it even more mysterious and oddly
fascinating number five the Brenna der Berg the burning coal seam at Brennan de
Berg and Saarland Germany ignited in 1688 and has been burning ever since so
v on our list it is said to be started when a shepherd lit a fire near a tree
and it went through the roots into a coal seam but that's not a hundred
percent sure the intensity of the fires has lessened since the 1800s but you can
still see smoke rising from the rocks and hot steam coming from cracks and
openings number four Mount Chimaera said to be the volcanic area described by
Pliny the Elder as a flame that does not die by day or by night olympos mountain
or mount chimera near the city and Turkey has a fire going on for 2,000
years it may be the origin of the myth of chimera it's light has helped ancient
mariners to avoid the rocky shores and is said to be fueled by a methane gas
seeping up to the seabed Rock number three water and fire cave third on our
list is a fascinating Rock fire from Taiwan
taiwan is home to some pretty cool mud volcanoes and near the bian temple
there's a place where burning gas has been named water and fire cave it is not
really a cave but more of a rock face with a spring in a small pool of water
with methane gas bubbling up to the surface the methane gas is said to fuel
the continuous fire which gives the appearance of fire burning on rock and
from the water it was discovered by a monk in 1701 which means it's been
burning for almost 300 years and number 2 the eternal fire of bhava guru second
on our list is the fire present of enormous oil field in Iraq the eternal
fire of baba Gurr is created by natural gas percolating to the top the flames
can be seen from afar and visitors to Kirkuk can see it from the city for
thousands of years native people have used a natural asphalt for their homes
their roads and other things it is also said to be the fiery furnace from the
biblical story of daniel and his friends where the king threw three jews into the
furnace for refusal to worship a golden idol kind of sad and disturbing and
number one on our list the door to hell top of the list is better known as the
door to hell located in derweze trim Mecca Stan geologist ignited the crater
to stop spreading of methane gas and it has continuously been burning since 1971
without anyone being able to put it out it is a popular tourist attraction and
is said to be a gate to hell by the locals so that is the end of our list of
lit fires that are still burning today and probably aren't going to stop so
stay tuned for more awesome videos and be sure to subscribe to the NOC list