If they were serious about cutting the flame, "just" drill a few directional wells to relieve the pressure for the underground gas reservoir.
Until that is done it won't matter.
And they may need to pull gas from the areas around it to slow seepage.
Somebody will douse it.
I trust the field hands (at one part of my career with my life!)
The discussion wouldn’t be on the table if someone didn’t have a solid plan already.
Was thinking about that; I would guess the dynamics are a lot different. Both are stinky and irritating problems, no question. This appears to be burning at the surface, IOW, there is no source of oxygen under the surface. In Centralia, various faults in the ground allow oxygen to penetrate underground, so you can never get to the place(s) (and there could be zillions of such places) where oxy meets red-hot fuel.
In this gas fire you might have to drill relief wells, then flood the pit with water or some very heavy gas and then blow jet engines across the surface. I’m no Red Adair.
It’s pretty sandy there. The gas would just go around, I suspect.