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Greenwich sinkhole: Car swallowed by massive hole in London street | |
(about 4 hours later) | |
Police are investigating why a car has fallen into a sinkhole in a residential street in London. | |
Residents described a sound "like thunder" when the incident happed at around 3.20am on Thursday. | |
Officers discovered a blue people carrier, which had been parked outside Benefice of Charlton St Thomas' Church, partially in the hole. | Officers discovered a blue people carrier, which had been parked outside Benefice of Charlton St Thomas' Church, partially in the hole. |
A police spokesman said no one had been injured in the incident. | A police spokesman said no one had been injured in the incident. |
He added: "Officers are on the scene and there is a cordon in place. The local authority has been called and there are other agencies on scene." | He added: "Officers are on the scene and there is a cordon in place. The local authority has been called and there are other agencies on scene." |
Cleo O'Kane, 25, who lives opposite where the sinkhole opened up, said police told her some residents might have to be evacuated. | |
She said: "I thought it was thunder - I heard a loud bang, but it was raining so much I thought it was thunder. | |
"It must have been around 4am. I woke up and then just went back to sleep - my window was open - then woke up at six this morning, came outside and there was a car in a hole. | |
"I've been here for eight years and have never seen anything like this happen." | |
She added: "Police said they don't know what's going on. They said the car is stuck on a gas pipe or a water pipe. They might have to evacuate all the houses. | |
"All the car is resting on apparently is a pipe, otherwise it would have disappeared." | |
The seven-seater Vauxhall Zafira was left on the road by Ghazi Hassan, who was visiting his brother on Wednesday night. | |
Mr Ghazi's brother, Abdul Ahmadzai, said: "He left it here last night after he came round with his wife. He's on his way here now." | |
Mr Ahmadzai added: "I woke up very surprised. The police were here about 4am so I came outside and saw the car - they said it was in a hole. I thought 'There's nothing I can do' and went back to sleep. | |
"I just woke up again now." | |
Asked if his brother was angry or upset, Mr Ahmadzai said: "No, he knows there's nothing he can do. He just wanted to know if there was any damage, I'm sending him a photo now." | |
His brother had owned the car for three or four years, he added. | |
A Royal Borough of Greenwich spokesman said the council was working with emergency services to secure the area. | |
He added: "We are urgently investigating the matter and will update residents the moment we have more information." |
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