Sinkhole Swallows Entire Building Complex In China, 300 People Evacuated
Look out, below. A massive sinkhole in Guangzhou, China, swallowed up buildings and knocked out power to thousands of residents.
Onlookers in China watched in shock as a massive sinkhole swallowed up a building complex this week.
The group of buildings was part of a complex built near the construction site of a new underground train station in Guangzhou, the Telegraph reports. A total of four buildings fell into a hole that measured about 30 feet across, Discovery News notes.
About 300 nearby residents were evacuated, and streets in the area were also closed. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
According to Shanghaiist, the sinkhole is about 3,230 square feet and plenty deep. A video shows a crowd milling about the sinkhole before it expanded, causing a building to crumble as if it were detonated.
Neighboring buildings were evacuated and streets were blocked by police. "Gas could be smelt from over 30 metres away, and deafening noises could be heard as the land continued to crack and sink," the Shanghaiist reports.
....they certainly aren't limited to China. In 2011, a Florida sinkhole gobbled up "a garbage bin, an oak tree, the back wall of the building housing a salon and racks of supplies." A woman in Guatemala City discovered a 3-feet-wide, 40-feet-deep sinkhole beneath her bed. And in Ohio, a massive sinkhole caused part of a state highway to collapse.
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