If it happens in the real world why not the Frontier?

If it happens in the real world why not the Frontier?<div><br /></div><div>Example 230 foot wide crater in Turkmenistan that Soviet Scientists thought they could burn off the escaping methane in a few days but instead its burned for 40 years. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darvaza_gas_crater