'Hell hole' attacked China

Recently, in China, there are continuously large sinking holes - the land is suddenly 'swallowed' down, creating a wide and deep crater known as 'hell hole'. Notably, the sinking pit in Ho Nam province, up to 150m wide, 50m deep.

On the third night last week, the toilet was in a family in Ningxiang County, Hunan Province, creating a large 'hell hole'. 'Toilet house we suddenly disappeared into the ground when the whole family was watching TV upstairs,' said a member of Yang's family.

Pit slump "devour" toilet Yang family.

But this is not a rare case in China in recent times. Last month, a Yang rice family was swallowed up by the underground. The collapse caused two telecom columns to disappear, causing power outages for several days.

One corner of the rice field now turns into a pond.

In recent years, this landslide phenomenon is very common in Ninh Huong district. Most notably, a school yard at Fuquan Primary School collapsed, leaving a huge hole, up to 80m wide.

More specifically, this sinkhole is growing and until June 15, the sinking hole has been 150m wide and 50m deep. Up to now, it has 'swallowed' 20 houses.

No one was injured, but the cause of the sinking pit is still a mystery.

More recently, a driver was lucky to escape after "hell hole" nearly swallowed his car. The pit has suddenly appeared on the route in Tien Hien City, the capital of Jiangxi Province in southeast China.

Also in Yibin City, Sichuan Province, 420km from the epicenter of the devastating earthquake, 26 large sinkholes have also formed in the past 2 months.

Source: Global Times