Shortly after midnight, the earth suddenly opens up in a residential area in Rome: a huge sinkhole has torn apart the street in the southeast of the Italian capital, swallowing two parked cars.
The hole, which is about ten meters deep and has a diameter of about ten meters, opened around 1 a.m. on Thursday, Italian media reported, citing Roman local police.
Fortunately, no one was injured
Photos and videos of the gaping crater spread on social media. There were initially no reports of injuries. According to the initial findings of the emergency services, there were no people on the street during the incident. Local police and fire brigades attended the scene.
Police closed the street that night and secured the affected area in the Quadraro neighborhood. As can be seen in the photos, there were other cars right next to the hole and they had to be removed.
Holes in the ground are not uncommon in Italy
Such sinkholes arise again and again in major Italian cities. In late February, a hole in Naples, southern Italy, swallowed several cars in a busy neighborhood. The underground is not at rest in Rome either. In many places it is partially hollow.
The reason for this is, among other things, the age of the Italian capital, where underground digging and construction took place for years. But occasional heavy rain also causes the soil to literally wash away.
Source: Krone
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