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G-CPTN

8th September 2009 18:36

Fire engine stuck in hole in street.

Quote:

A fire engine in Los Angeles has sunk into a large hole caused by a burst water main in the San Fernando Valley.
It is thought the crew were responding to a pipe break on a residential street.
All firefighters escaped without injury as the cabin slowly continued to sink into the muddy water-filled hole.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/ame...8244904.stm?ls

Western SMT

9th September 2009 09:39

More info and photos of the same incident

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati..._sinkhole.html

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...nk59gD9AJBP1G1

redd9

9th September 2009 10:52

And I thought the Roads were bad in Rugby!

G-CPTN

9th September 2009 11:02

Cavitation due to scouring (especially from leakage from a pressurised pipe) is commonplace. The surface 'structure' - usually a solid material such as tarmac or concrete can disguise this until a heavy load causes this to break through.

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