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Sinkholes
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Selangor Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) assistant director of operations Hafisham Mohd Noor said in the incident at about 6.50 pm, there was a 10m-deep fissure over 50,000 sq m of land near Jalan PKPS in Kampung Bestari Jaya near here.
"The JBPM received an emergency call at about 6.51 pm and seven firemen were rushed to the scene.
"Based on preliminary information, Selangor JBPM was told that there was a victim buried in the sediment, however after doing a headcount of workers at two nearby premises, none of the victims were found missing or buried," he said in a statement here yesterday.
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There were no injuries reported at the site, where firefighters say the sinkhole "affected an area of about 500 square meters" and has swallowed up several cars which were parked outside the hospital.
Tel Aviv municipality has not determined source of the problem that led to two buildings being evacuated, but investigation of the mystery continues
Experts who were called in did not detect any dangerous substances at the site or any risk to the buildings' stability, and the source of the heat was said by the municipality to be "trapped energy" from an unknown source.
The city said it would "continue to monitor the temperature of the ground, which is expected to take a long time to cool, and will continue to look into the causes of the unusual event."
Comment: It remains to be seen just what caused the heating up of the ground but, if it is related to geological phenomena, we may find clues as to what may have happened by looking at events elsewhere:
- Huge landslide at peat bog in Donegal, Ireland
- New 50-metre deep 'crater' found blasted open on Yamal peninsular, Siberia
- Sinkhole causes crane collapse in midtown Toronto - 2nd for city in 4 days
- 2 cars plunge into sinkhole of boiling hot water in Samara, Russia
- Sinkholes: The groundbreaking truth
The incident occurred at Eglinton Avenue East and Mount Pleasant Road around 6 p.m.
Toronto Fire said the crane operator was not injured, while another worker suffered a minor injury.
On Tuesday, Metrolinx spokesperson Anne Marie Aikins said the injured worker slipped and bruised his knee and has been released from hospital.
The vehicle, a Toyota RAV4, was discovered nose-down in the massive sinkhole at about 6 a.m. on 70th Street near 52nd Avenue in Maspeth, authorities said.
The shocking sight from the residential neighborhood was shared to Twitter by City Councilman Robert Holden.
The FDNY said they responded to the location for reports of trauma. But it was determined there were no patients as the SUV was unoccupied.
The sinkhole led to several street closures in the area, Holden said.
Outside of John and Sandy Knox's bedroom window is a massive sinkhole that has already swallowed up their tree. The couple fears their home could be next.
A broken-down drain pipe that is 50 feet deep and 60 feet wide is believed to be the cause of the hole.
On Tuesday, ABC 10News spotted City of San Diego crews taking measurements and assessing the sinkhole.
© Robertson County Emergency Management Agency
Crews with North Robertson Fire and Rescue, Robertson County Emergency Management Agency, Robertson County Emergency Medical Services, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Robertson County Sheriff's Department, and Springfield Fire conducted the rescue operation Tuesday. The farm is located on William Woodard Rd. MAP
The calves somehow survived the fall into the 40-foot deep, 30-foot diameter sinkhole. Officials said, like a kid, they are young and likely were able to take getting bumped around a little.
Green water was seen floating inside a large Toronto, Canada, sinkhole on Friday (pictured)
A massive sinkhole with a glowing green, slime-like liquid seeping out was spotted in in Toronto on Friday.
The unexpected occurrence happened on Hastings Avenue near Gerrard Street East.
Photos shared by Richard Southern of 680News showed the green water, reminiscent of 'Flubber' and the ghouls from 'Ghostbusters, oozing out of the cracked concrete in the middle of a residential street.
Toronto Water: 'In order to determine if the sinkhole is connected to the underlying sewer, a dye test was conducted using a green non-toxic dye, which is added to the sinkhole while monitoring the closest manhole downstream to look for traces of the dye in the sewer'
Comment: Sinkholes can be the result of a collapsed sewer, but the increasing number across the planet point to another cause:
- Sinkholes: The groundbreaking truth
- Huge landslide at peat bog in Donegal, Ireland
- Entire house vanishes into sinkhole in Russian village: Rescue team searches debris for 78-year-old woman who was inside
- Massive 23-metre deep sinkhole discovered in south Edmonton, Canada
- MindMatters: The Holy Grail, Comets, Earth Changes and Randall Carlson
- Behind the Headlines: Earth changes in an electric universe: Is climate change really man-made?
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