Rescue continues as a pool-sized sinkhole – Truck and Driver in Japan – National
Large synchodily Opened near Tokyo, swallowed a truck with a man inside and now the race is to save him.
Japanese emergency services in Yashio, SITAMA Prefecture, called before 10 am local time The mass sinkhole appeared in a tight intersection According to CBS, a truck fell into the hole.
Firefighting department spokesman told AFP that sinkhole About the size of a swimming pool And about 33 feet wide and 20 feet depth.
Rescue works, truck driver trying to reach the man who reached the NBC news reports, but had to arrange their operations in a few hours Sinkhole grew more unstable.
The driver of the truck is “first-conscious and capable of speaking,” said Mainichi and Mainichi The driver stayed in the seat of mud and sand. Two rescuers were injured after entering the hole and entered the sediments.
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“Now, we are trying to see if we can shoot the truck using a large tap,” said Press Secretary AFP. “There is a risk of collapse of the hole.”
Motohiro Ono, the Governor of Siteama Prefecture, in the press briefing, said they believe that Sinkhole could cause a sewerage tube to avoid the nearby Nakagawa River basin.
“The Nakagawa River basin is thought to result in a crack in the sewer tube. As a result of this collapse a The passing truck fell“According to ONO, NBC news.
Mainichi is believed that sediments around the pipeline are believed to flow in the pipeline, as a result, it is in a gap in the weight of the above vehicles.
According to Nippon television, the main focus saves the driver, and rescue teams say rescue teams were vented from a hole in a hole to help the surroundings more oxygen in the sediment.
As the time of the publication, the driver’s condition is not known.
Airprinting On Tuesday morning, dozens of reaction to the scene in the north of the Japanese capital Tokyo, the capital of Tokyo, Japan.
There were previous cases of opening in Japan, which caused chaos for drivers.
An Olympic Pool Sized in 2016 Sinkhole opened on the streets of FukuokaTo swallow five lanes of a busy street and ask residents to evacuate in nearby buildings. Fortunately, there were no injuries, but the incident cut the city parts of the city, the supply of strength, water and gas.
And in September 2024, the groundwater tube in Hirosima exploded in Hiroshole. Several people were trapped in nearby buildings and had to be saved by the rescue department.
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