Large sinkhole emerges in Hiroshima; causes buildings to lean, road to cave in
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Police officers standing around a sinkhole that developed in Hiroshima city on Sept 26.
PHOTO: THE JAPAN NEWS/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
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HIROSHIMA – A large sinkhole emerged in Japan’s Hiroshima city on Sept 26.
At around 8.50am local time on Sept 26, the police received an emergency call reporting that a bulge had developed in part of a road in the city’s Nishi ward.
It is believed that an underground water pipe had burst. The local authorities said a section of the road later caved in and several buildings in the area were leaning.
According to Hiroshima newspaper Chugoku Shimbun, part of the asphalt near the site had risen and water started flowing out from under the road.
The police and firefighters urged residents to evacuate, warning them of a possible building collapse.
There were a number of people who were trapped in buildings, but the city’s fire department said all of them were rescued.
Reports also emerged of municipal housing leaning, cracks forming in a number of buildings and tap water in surrounding areas turning yellow and murky. THE JAPAN NEWS/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
A large sinkhole emerged in Hiroshima city on Sept 26.
PHOTO: THE JAPAN NEWS/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
