Naples residents woke up to a massive sinkhole yesterday morning
that led to hundreds of people being evacuated from the area in the
Italian city. The junction of two residential streets collapsed at
around 5am. No damage was done
to surrounding buildings but 380 people
in the area had to be found emergency accommodation as a precautionary
measure, according to Italian newspaper Il Mattino. A woman who lived at
number 131 heard “a huge thud” and looked out to see a car falling into
the pit above a disused underground rail tunnel. The hole will be
filled with concrete once it has been inspected for any further
potential damage. Once the area has been declared safe enough, the 95
families will be allowed to return to their homes, the newspaper
reported. Sinkholes usually occur when soluble bedrock such as limestone
gets dissolved by water and drainage. A sinkhole around 40ft wide in
Kentucky, US, swallowed eight rare classic cars costing millions of
dollars in total at a museum earlier this month.
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