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Seven houses evacuated in Ripon after huge sinkhole appears | Seven houses evacuated in Ripon after huge sinkhole appears |
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Seven houses have been evacuated after a sinkhole of unknown depth appeared in gardens in North Yorkshire. | |
Emergency crews were called to the 20-metre-wide (66ft) hole in Magdalen’s Road, Ripon, on Tuesday night, fire and rescue service confirmed. | |
A spokesman said: “Two fire crews and an officer from Ripon attended a sinkhole that had appeared at the rear of two properties. There were no injuries but seven properties were evacuated. | A spokesman said: “Two fire crews and an officer from Ripon attended a sinkhole that had appeared at the rear of two properties. There were no injuries but seven properties were evacuated. |
“The hole measured approximately 20 metres by 10 metres, with an unknown depth. | “The hole measured approximately 20 metres by 10 metres, with an unknown depth. |
“We are reattending the incident this morning with several other agencies who attended during the night.” | |
One Twitter user posted a picture of the sinkhole: | |
Huge sinkhole opens up on #Ripon street https://t.co/KipyqjB2dK Pic by @JoanitaMusisi pic.twitter.com/XiPwHv0AnW | |
The Ripon area is prone to sinkholes and this incident is close to where another opened up beneath a building in Magdalen’s Close in 2014, leaving the 100-year-old property in a precarious state. | |
Homes evacuated after large sinkhole opens up in Ripon https://t.co/h75QWimz6i pic.twitter.com/BXPYWXpMnY | Homes evacuated after large sinkhole opens up in Ripon https://t.co/h75QWimz6i pic.twitter.com/BXPYWXpMnY |
One resident wrote social media to say his garden had disappeared. | One resident wrote social media to say his garden had disappeared. |
He said: “A 30ft-deep sink hole enveloping the back garden occurred at 10.30. Been told to leave the house for the night.” | |
And he added: “Yeah, they’ve evacuated our row. Swallowed the garden so ‘twill be interesting in light.” | And he added: “Yeah, they’ve evacuated our row. Swallowed the garden so ‘twill be interesting in light.” |