The collapsed area now spans the entire width of the street and several metres in the other direction.
A section of a residential road in south-east London has collapsed and broken up into a large sinkhole.
The road surface on Martens Avenue, in Bexleyheath, began cracking and crumbling into the hole on Tuesday evening, and police were called. The collapsed area now spans the entire width of the street and several metres in the other direction, but officers said no-one had been hurt.The road has been cordoned off
Staff from Thames Water were at work on Wednesday afternoon to check whether water pipes had been affected by the road caving in. it was the second time a massive hole had swallowed up their neighbourhood; back in 2008, a similar hole appeared in a garden on nearby Braeside Crescent. Kate Bostal, 38, said she would have to go in a different direction on the school run because of the sinkhole.While, Eddie Rivers, 49, said neighbours described to him the sound of a "crack" as the road gave way."Basically, there were a couple of people standing there and I asked what was going on, and they said there was this noise and it just opened up.Neighbour Paul Power, 56, added: "It's crazy.
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