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Massive Sinkhole In Bangkok Street Forces Evacuations

A portion of a busy road in the Thai capital caved in, leaving a massive 50-metre-deep hole in front of a main hospital and forcing people nearby to evacuate (Credit: AFP)

A portion of a busy road in Thailand's capital caved in early Wednesday, leaving a hole dozens of meters deep in front of a main hospital and forcing people nearby to evacuate.

Just outside a local police station and Vajira Hospital in a residential district of Bangkok, a roughly 50-meter (160-foot) hole pulled down power lines and exposed a burst pipe gushing water, AFP journalists saw.

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