Four people have been confirmed dead, after a footpath in the Chinese city of Dazhou gave way, sending them plunging more than 10 metres below street level.
The sinkhole opened suddenly in a “busy commercial district in Dazhou city in Sichuan province” on Sunday afternoon, the South China Morning Post reports, leaving a gaping hole more than three metres in diameter.
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