Huge sinkhole opens up in Beijing street

By James Griffiths, February 17, 2014

A large section of a road in Beijing's Chaoyang District collapsed on Sunday afternoon.

A sinkhole five metres wide (16 feet) and five metres deep appeared at the intersection of Tianshuiyuan Road and Shuiduizi East Street.

According to the Beijing Times, water erupted from a manhole at the junction, flooding the street, before the road around the manhole collapsed.

"The pit was filled with water," a witness told the paper.

The sinkhole is believed to have been caused by improper underground construction, and affected the water supply for almost 300 households in the area.

[Image via CNS]

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