Rijiyar Darvaza, wacce aka fi sani da "Kofar Wuta", tana cikin hamadar Karakum, Turkmenistan. Wurin yana kusa da karamin ƙauyen Darvaza, inda sunan ya fito. Babban dalilin wanzuwarsa shine tsoffin tsoffin gas. Hamada, wacce ta mallaki jimillar 350.000km ^ 2, wato, 70% na fadada kasar. Daga yashi mara dadi, inda "Karakum" ke nufin "baƙin yashi, yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan hamada a rayuwa. Babban burinta na ɗan adam ya samo asali ne daga gaskiyar cewa tana da wadataccen gas da mai.
Girman rijiyar Darvaza yana da mita 69 a faɗi da zurfin mita 30. Yanayin zafin da ke ciki yakan sauka kusan digiri 400 a ma'aunin Celsius. Kuma ya zama babban jan hankalin masu yawon bude ido, har ma an yi shirin gaskiya game da shi. Labarin sa? Yanayi na asali, da kuma yanayin ɗan adam.
Labari mai ban sha'awa game da rijiyar Darvaza
Cikin Kofar zuwa Wuta
Zamu koma ga 1971. Masana binciken kasa na Soviet suna ta neman iskar gas mai yawa a cikin hamadar Karakum. Yin hakowa don filayen iskar gas, Russia tana kallo yayin da ƙasa ke mamaye duk abin da suka tono. Wato, duk kayan aikinsu masu mahimmanci sun hadiye ta wata babbar rami. Abin da suka gano a zahiri shi ne babban kogon karkashin kasa da ke cike da iskar gas. Amma wani abu ya faru, yawancin gas mai guba da ke fitowa daga ƙasa.
Tsoron cewa wannan aikin zai haifar da mummunan sakamako, ƙungiyar ta yanke shawarar sanya wuta. Wannan shi ne babban ra'ayi. Sun lura cewa wataƙila cikin kwana 3 ko 4 wutar za ta tashi, sun jira makonni. Sun daina, wannan shine kyakkyawan ra'ayi. Idan ba haka ba, da sun jira shekaru 46! Yaushe zai fita? Babu sauran caca kuma, babu wanda ya sani. An yi kokarin biyan kudin wutar. A halin yanzu, rijiyar Darvaza za ta ci gaba da ƙona gas ba kakkautawa.