© GettyThe two men in the Lada are believed to have been killed almost immediately.
The pair were trapped in the vehicle in Penza and died "almost immediately" when 75C water sprayed the car.
A burst hot water pipe under a car park was seen as the cause of the horror.
Distressing images show the car being pulled out of the sinkhole as hot steam from the opening can be seen rising.
© GettyHot water is pumped through cities in Russia to help businesses and homeowners cope with the extreme cold.
© VK.comThe steaming wreckage of the Lada is seen in the middle of the road today after it plunged into a sink hole full of hot water.
A journalist from Penza Vzglyad local news website said: "Another car drove over the same spot minutes before the accident.
"The driver noticed ground beginning to steam - and quickly drove off. Then these two men came.
"They parked - and the asphalt collapsed right under them."
"What a horrendous way to die - one moment you are driving a car, the next underground drowning in hot water," said one woman.
© VK.comThe local Ministry of Emergencies said: "A car fell as a result of the ground collapsing. Sadly people were killed".
Reader Comments
R.C.
I remember reading (but have never again read about it) how ~ 3 - 5 folks were at the hot springs there, there was some underground fissure, and the hot water they were in . . . turned to steam. They were instantly (and literally) 'cooked'; as these poor bastards were. Bummer.
R.C.