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Family forced out of Cork home as sinkhole appears in driveway
A burst water pipe appears to have caused the ground outside the house to collapse.
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A burst water pipe appears to have caused the ground outside the house to collapse.
The hole appeared near the Cross Guns Bridge.
Tommy Freeman speaks to The42 after Magheracloone played their first championship game last weekend.
Cork County Council said it appears the sinkhole is linked to the collapse of a mine shaft in Cahermeeleboe.
The affected road will remain closed as local diversions to the school and church are in place.
Mining company Gyproc is liaising with families and has also offered to replace the damaged GAA club building.
The collapsing of pillars in an old gypsum mine is believed to have the closing of Magheracloone’s club grounds.
A geological expert said that there was no evidence of further sinkholes, but wasn’t sure whether the GAA club could return.
Francis Jones, who is the chairman of Magheracloone GAA Club, said the community has been left reeling by the incident.
It opened up “quite a significant gash,” a local councillor said.
Miraculously, no one was hurt in the accident in Fukuoka.
Police cordoned off the area and evacuated nearby buildings but no injuries have been reported.
The sinkhole has grown to 26 feet in diameter.
Geologists are warning that more sinkholes are expected to open up across Britain.
Three streets have been closed in the city following the collapse.
Bad weather and high tides caused the damage.
That’s not a sinkhole, THIS is a sinkhole, etc.
No one was killed in the incident but four people sustained minor injuries.
The woman was shaken – but not seriously injured – in the incident.
There are traffic diversions in place on Dublin’s Dame Street.
The passengers were unharmed.
They fell 10 feet into the ground.
The incident occurred in Castleisland town in Co Kerry.
So tiny. So miniature.
Rain, mining and cavities were all at play in the formation of the hole, engineers say.
The hole appeared near a disused mine over the weekend.
Mack the German shepherd fell into the hole while out for a walk.
A couple in England got that sinking feeling (sorry) when a sinkhole appeared in their driveway.
Step aside, Tramore. Ballybunion has had a rough day.
Keep your eyes open if you’re driving around Tramore today.
Nearly a third of the Summer Bay Resort collapsed yesterday in Orland, Florida.
The driver was unharmed, but “shaken-up” after the ordeal.
Hunter Mahan and Justin Rose inherited the lead after Lefty’s putting woes at the third but that was just the beginning.
The one-foot-deep and one-foot-wide hole didn’t get to stay around for too long though.
“It reminds me of the movie Space Jam when Michael Jordan was playing golf and disappeared into the ground.”