Sink hole sucks in shops as horrified evacuees watch

Updated March 19 2013 - 3:18pm, first published January 30 2013 - 4:45pm
A three-storey building next door also collapses into the giant hole as bystanders watch. Photo: ITN screengrab
A three-storey building next door also collapses into the giant hole as bystanders watch. Photo: ITN screengrab
The sink hole swallows an entire building complex in Guangdong province, China. Photo: ITN screengrab
The sink hole swallows an entire building complex in Guangdong province, China. Photo: ITN screengrab
A 250-foot deep sinkhole opened up on May 31, 2010, at an intersection in Guatemala City after heavy rains. Photo: Tim Johnson/MCT
A 250-foot deep sinkhole opened up on May 31, 2010, at an intersection in Guatemala City after heavy rains. Photo: Tim Johnson/MCT
Tony Jenners watches as his car, an RAV 4, falls into a sinkhole Monday in South Miami Beach, Florida. Photo: Pat Farrell/Miami Herald/MCT
Tony Jenners watches as his car, an RAV 4, falls into a sinkhole Monday in South Miami Beach, Florida. Photo: Pat Farrell/Miami Herald/MCT
Residents watch as a sinkhole eats away at the green area of the Woodhill Apartment in Orlando, Florida, June 11, 2002. Photo: Jessica Mann/Orlando Sentinel/MCT
Residents watch as a sinkhole eats away at the green area of the Woodhill Apartment in Orlando, Florida, June 11, 2002. Photo: Jessica Mann/Orlando Sentinel/MCT
Residents watch as a sinkhole eats away at the green area of the Woodhill Apartment in Orlando, Florida, June 11, 2002. Photo: Jessica Mann/Orlando Sentinel/MCT
Residents watch as a sinkhole eats away at the green area of the Woodhill Apartment in Orlando, Florida, June 11, 2002. Photo: Jessica Mann/Orlando Sentinel/MCT
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn surveys sinkhole in downtown Cairo, Illinois, on May 2, 2011. E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/MCT
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn surveys sinkhole in downtown Cairo, Illinois, on May 2, 2011. E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/MCT

Construction workers digging an underground rail tunnel were lucky to avoid injury after a sink hole swallowed two buildings in southern China.

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