Emergency workers are struggling to rescue truck drivers swallowed in the sinking hole more than two days ago in a city just north of Tokyo.
According to an interview with a local media, a 74 -year -old man suddenly opened under the road and swallowed him with a truck, and stopped near the seasonal intersection. 。
According to the public broadcasting station NHK, the driver lived shortly after the truck sank into the hole and responded to nearby rescuers. However, a few hours later, dirt and tile BLE fell into the vehicle and filled with landslides in the hole. The man has not responded to the subsequent contact attempt.
Rescue efforts are complicated by the vulnerabilities on the ground around the hole. The second hole that appeared near Tuesday was merged with the first one on Thursday, forming a larger depression. The collapsed area extends to about 65 feet in diameter.
Fire department officials said on Thursday that the front of the truck, which was believed to have been deepened and trapped, is no longer visible. “The situation is very dangerous and I can’t send many rescuers,” he said. “We try to save him as soon as possible.”
Firefighters are considering using heavy machines to access the trapped driver. On Wednesday, a large crane was able to lift a part of the truck cargo bed on the surface, but the driver was not found in the vehicle section.
Local governments have stated that the burst sewerage pipes under the road transporting wastewater to nearby treatment facilities have caused collapse. Due to the damage to the pipeline, the prefecture has issued orders to 1.2 million residents in the region to refrain from using water.
The daily test of the sewer system under the road, which was conducted every five years, did not indicate the need for repair immediately, according to Saitama staff. He said that the latest tests conducted in 2021 detected some corrosion, but did not be considered an emergency problem.
In response to the incident, he stated that the Japanese land, infrastructure, transportation, and the Ministry of Tourism were urgently seeking emergency infrastructure, especially in the infrastructure related to large -scale waste disposal plants.
