Bangkok’s giant sinkhole expanding

Backhoes level the sand dumped into the sinkhole next to the damaged Samsen police station on Samsen Road, Bangkok, on Wednesday. (Photo: MRTA)

The filling of the huge sinkhole on Bangkok's Samsen Road will require much more sand that earlier thought because it's getting bigger, according to the Mass Rapid Transit Authority.

The MRTA said on Wednesday the original sinkhole was 30 metres wide, 30m long and 20m deep, but had since expanded and was still getting bigger.