Malaysian government are seeking to rescue a girl who fell into an eight-metre deep sinkhole that opened on a hectic avenue in Kuala Lumpur.
The 48-year- vintage Indian country wide turned into sitting on a roadside bench in Jalan India Masjid whilst the floor underneath her all at once caved in, in step with nearby police.
Videos on social media display crowds of human beings looking rescue people seeking to make their manner into the sinkhole. Some have ladders, even as others are the usage of hammers and diggers to attempt to clean the manner .
There does now no longer appear like any signal of the girl .
Woman swallowed with the aid of using pavement sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur
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Nick Marsh
BBC News
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Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department Malaysian rescue people try and input a sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur to keep a girl who turned into all at once swallowed up with the aid of using the pavement.Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department
A seek and rescue operation is underway to discover the trapped girl .
Malaysian government are seeking to rescue a girl who fell into an eight-metre deep sinkhole that opened on a hectic avenue in Kuala Lumpur.
The 48-year- vintage Indian country wide turned into sitting on a roadside bench in Jalan India Masjid whilst the floor underneath her all at once caved in, in step with nearby police.
Videos on social media display crowds of human beings looking rescue people seeking to make their manner into the sinkhole. Some have ladders, even as others are the usage of hammers and diggers to attempt to clean the manner .
There does now no longer appear like any signal of the girl .
The Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department stated it acquired a misery name at 08:22 nearby time (00:22 GMT) and dispatched 15 firemen to the scene.
Operation commander Mohd Riduan Akhbar instructed nearby media that a seek and rescue operation turned into being conducted.
"The Special Tactical Operation and Rescue Team of Malaysia (STORM) and the K9 unit are on the location," he stated .
Ninety employees from diverse different organizations have additionally joined withinside the operation, in step with nearby police leader Assistant Commissioner Sulizmie Affendy Sulaiman.
"We will examine CCTV pictures and take statements from witnesses to get a clearer image of what came about ," he stated .
The BBC has reached out to the Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department for comment.Sinkholes typically shape whilst underground water dissolves the rock at the surface, inflicting a hollow to shape .
Although there may be no unique information globally, geologists say they're fairly common. Human injuries, however, are very rare.
One of the worst latest sinkholes screw ups in phrases of casualties came about in Canada in 2010, whilst a own circle of relatives of 4 died after their complete residence turned into swallowed with the aid of using a gaping sinkhole close to Montreal.
The world's biggest sinkhole is Xiaoxhai Tiankeng in south-western China. With a intensity measuring 660 metres, researchers agree with it turned into shaped greater than 128,000 years ago.