A huge hole appeared on the road in New Zealand
The roar frightened the neighbors.
The failure by depth of 6 meters was formed in the middle of a suburban road near the town of Taupo in New Zealand.
The hole was discovered by two teenagers riding in the evening on bicycles. In their eyes, the fence suddenly started to sink into the ground. One of the boys called emergency services, and the other ran to warn the neighbors, whose homes are just the opposite.
According to witnesses, the roar was such, as if huge boulders were rolling down the mountains. The collapse occurred within 45 minutes. Hole “swallowed” part of the road, the lawn and a piece of fence.
Local authorities reported that the blame for water main break.
The road will remain closed to travel for several days.
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