Hole in the ground swallows up shops in Guangzhou, China

Guangzhou : China | Jan 29, 2013 at 6:43 PM PST

By prabirghose

XX XX

Views: Pending

Guangzhou at Dusk Time, Guangdong, China _HXT2067

It was a man-made disaster and, fortunately, there were no casualties when a road in downtown Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province of China, caved in leaving a huge 30-feet diameter hole in the ground which swallowed up several shops of the area as reported in dailymail.co.uk of dated 298th of January 2013.

The accident took place near the site of a metro building tunnel and a couple of two-storey buildings collapsed followed by a five-storey building as did a number of trees...

Some construction workers had noticed in time that the ground was caving in and had sounded the alarm to evacuate the buildings thus reducing the chance of losing lives.

In its haste to set up bridges and build tunnels, roads and highways to help boost the economy, the country has face several major accidents.

Six major bridges have collapsed in China since July-2012, and in September-2012 a total of 19 construction workers died when a lift fell down 30-floors while an explosion in a coal mine left 29 workers dead.

Some more popular recent and interesting reports –

Iran sends a monkey into Space and joins the Space club

A group of 20 musicians go missing in drug land Mexico

Bloodshed in a football match leads to Emergency in 3 cities in Egypt

Sure-shot way to lose weight – become a caveman like the IT professional

US agrees to join up with France to help out Mali fight militants

Britain sends its Sentinel R-1 spy plane to Mali to fight the al-Qaeda

Nuke plant crisis in Japan – biggest plant could close down

North Korea says its nuclear tests are aimed at the US

Ban lifted - women can now join the US Military in combat roles

Creating a Neanderthal baby - taking surrogacy to newer levels

1 of 3

a street scene of guangzhou

prabirghose is based in Nāshik, Maharashtra, India, and is an Anchor for Allvoices.

Report Credibility

Credibility
Reach

READ MORE: metro tunnel, bridges, roads, Highways, coal mine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, road collapse, odd-news, China

More News From: Guangzhou : China

News Stories

Sinkhole swallows building complex in China

Christian Science Monitor

The ground gave way beneath a building complex in Guangzhou , China , on Tuesday afternoon, sending several buildings plunging into the earth, but causing no injuries.
Sink hole sucks in shops as horrified evacuees watch

Sydney Morning Herald

The sin khole swallows an entire building complex in Guangdong province, China. Photo: ITN screengrab Construction workers digging an underground rail tunnel were lucky to avoid injury after a sink hole swallowed two buildings in southern China. The...
Massive hole left in Chinese street after foundations crumble and three ...

Mail Online UK

29 January 2013 This the gaping hole left in a Chinese street after three shops collapsed in on themselves yesterday afternoon. The buildings disappeared into the ground at a road junction in downtown Guangzhou , capital of south China's Guangdong...
7 dead in N China traffic accident

China News

Seven people were killed after a heavy truck rolled over and crushed a smaller vehicle Wednesday night in North China's Hebei province, local police said Thursday. The accident occurred on the No 331 provincial highway at 10:40 pm Wednesday, when a...
Guangdong to stop laojiao system in China

China News

Guangdong has made preparation work to be the leading and exploratory region to stop the laojiao system, said Yan Zhichan, director of Guangdong Provincial Department of Justice. If the system is abolished, re-education institutions will no longer...
Enormous Sinkhole Swallows Buildings In Guangzhou, China

BusinessInsider

Several buildings have fallen into an enormous sinkhole in Guangzhou, China, destroying at least five shops and taking out power for 3,000 residential units nearby, Shanghaiist reports . The sink hole was 300 square meters wide (3229.2 square feet),...

Images

street scene of guangzhou

street scene of guangzhou

Image Source: allvoices

a street scene of guangzhou
Guangzhou, China

Guangzhou, China

Image Source: farm4.staticflickr.com

Guangzhou, China
Guangzhou at Dusk Time, ...

Guangzhou at Dusk Time, ...

Image Source: farm5.staticflickr.com

Guangzhou at Dusk Time, Guangdong, China _HXT2067