A giant sinkhole has swallowed the center of a soccer field in Illinois. Video shows the gaping hole taking down a large light pole and leaving a chasm at least 100 feet wide and up to 50 feet deep. The field at Gordon Moore Park in Alton, Illinois was built above an area where limestone is mined deep underground.
This photo provided by the City of Alton , Ill., shows security video of a sinkhole that opened in the middle of a soccer field on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 in Alton , Ill. Authorities say a giant sinkhole that opened in the middle of the southern Illinois soccer field swallowed a large light pole and left a gaping chasm above an area where limestone is mined underground. ALTON , Ill.
The hole is estimated to be at least 100 feet wide and up to 50 feet deep, said Michael Haynes, the city’s parks and recreation director.New Frontier Materials Bluff City said the sinkhole resulted from “surface subsidence” at its underground mine in city, located about 25 miles north of St. Louis along the Mississippi River.
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