{"id":184546,"date":"2020-01-14T11:47:37","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T10:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=184546"},"modified":"2020-01-14T11:52:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T10:52:17","slug":"china-at-least-six-dead-as-huge-sinkhole-swallows-bus-and-pedestrians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=184546","title":{"rendered":"China: At least six dead as huge sinkhole swallows bus and pedestrians"},"content":{"rendered":"
At least six people have been killed and another 16 injured after a massive sinkhole opened up and swallowed a bus and pedestrians in China.<\/p>\n

Pictures of the road collapse outside a hospital in the city of Xining, in Qinghai province, showed the vehicle almost entirely underground near a bus stop.<\/p>\n

Footage posted on social media showed the vehicle gradually sinking into the hole – jutting into the air – as people scrambled for safety.<\/p>\n

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At least six people were killed in the incident, which left four people missing<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

As it tipped into the chasm, there was an explosion inside the hole, the video showed.<\/p>\n

More than 1,000 emergency workers attended the scene at about 5.30pm on Monday.<\/p>\n

Rescuers searched for four missing people, while the injured were taken to hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n

Huge crowds gathered to watch a crane eventually raise the bus from the sinkhole.<\/p>\n

The cause of the incident is being investigated, the state-run broadcaster CCTV said.<\/p>\n

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More than 100 emergency workers attended the scene<\/span><\/figcaption>Sinkholes are not uncommon in China.<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

In 2016, at least three people fell into a huge sinkhole in central Henan province, which swallowed a section of road and passersby.<\/p>\n

And in 2013, five people died when a 10m (33ft) wide sinkhole opened up at the gates of an industrial estate in Shenzhen.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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