A video captured the moment a woman went missing while casually shopping at a Chinese department store last weekend when part of the floor may have been swallowed up by a sinkhole.
A construction worker on the first floor of a shopping mall in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China, told local media that a sinkhole opened up and trapped him, causing the floor above to collapse.
In the video, a woman was walking on the second floor of a shopping mall in Zhenjiang when the floor caved in, knocking over two clothing racks and causing her to fall through a hole. Newsflare said the second woman wearing a yellow jacket ran through the hole, then stopped and went back to check on the other woman.
Mall representative Huang told reporters that the two people escaped with minor injuries. Paramedics and firefighters responded quickly and assisted in extricating both victims before cleaning up the damage.
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A screenshot of surveillance footage from a sinkhole that caused the second floor of a shopping mall in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China to collapse. (Newsflare)
“They are our customers, so we have taken charge and proactively dealt with the aftermath and provided them with the necessary assistance,” Huang said.
A construction worker suffered a leg injury from falling debris and a shopper suffered a broken bone, Australian news outlet ABC reported.
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Emergency personnel are working to get everyone out of the collapse. (Newsflare)
City authorities have launched an investigation into the incident to determine the cause of the damage.
China is no stranger to sinkholes. A gigantic creature has appeared in the ancient forest of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The hole was 1,000 feet long, 490 feet wide, and approximately 630 feet deep. Experts determined that the sinkhole had three cave entrances.
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Sunlight scatters as it passes through a giant karst sinkhole, also known as Tiankeng, or “Heaven’s Hole,” in Hechi, Guangxi, China, October 6, 2023. (Zengakazhong/VCG, via Getty Images)
According to local news outlets, there is a “well-preserved virgin forest” at the bottom of the sinkhole.
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Sinkholes form when the ground is worn away due to the loss of groundwater and formation of air pockets due to components such as limestone, which is a porous rock that easily dissolves in water, or when acid rain erodes the rock. There may be times when
