There goes the neighbourhood: Massive hole which swallowed shops in Chinese street blamed on builders digging new metro
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | January 29, 2013 23:31
This the gaping hole left in a Chinese street after three shops collapsed in on themselves yesterday afternoon.
The buildings disappeared into the ground at a road junction in downtown Guangzhou, capital of south China’s Guangdong Province.
One after another, each structure crumbled in a heap of rubble, leaving a hole 30ft deep in the shopping area.
Incredibly, no one was injured in the accident, which took place near a metro tunnel building site, Xinhua news agency reported.
Construction workers had noticed land sinking near the site at around 4.40pm and helped to evacuate the area.
From 8pm onwards, rescuers adopted risk-prevention methods by pouring concrete into the hole. Monitoring statistics show there is no further risk and the accident site is stable, it said.
The cause of the incident is being investigated.
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