bandula
01-17-2007, 08:49 PM
Brazil metro collapse
12th January 2007
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42446000/jpg/_42446727_image1_afp416.jpg
The walls of a huge hole being excavated for a new underground station in Brazil's city of Sao Paulo have collapsed, creating an enormous crater.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42446000/jpg/_42446731_image2_afp220.jpg
Eight people are reported missing after a minibus fell into the 30m (100ft) deep hole when the ground gave way.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42446000/jpg/_42446739_image4_afp416.jpg
Emergency services are at the scene, but fears of a further collapse are hampering rescue efforts.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42446000/jpg/_42446735_image3_ap416.jpg
Lorries being used on site also fell into the 60-metre (200ft) diameter hole.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42446000/jpg/_42446725_image5_afp416.jpg
Conflicting eyewitness reports cite an explosion before the landslide, others say the structure simply gave way - an inquiry is under way.
12th January 2007
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42446000/jpg/_42446727_image1_afp416.jpg
The walls of a huge hole being excavated for a new underground station in Brazil's city of Sao Paulo have collapsed, creating an enormous crater.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42446000/jpg/_42446731_image2_afp220.jpg
Eight people are reported missing after a minibus fell into the 30m (100ft) deep hole when the ground gave way.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42446000/jpg/_42446739_image4_afp416.jpg
Emergency services are at the scene, but fears of a further collapse are hampering rescue efforts.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42446000/jpg/_42446735_image3_ap416.jpg
Lorries being used on site also fell into the 60-metre (200ft) diameter hole.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42446000/jpg/_42446725_image5_afp416.jpg
Conflicting eyewitness reports cite an explosion before the landslide, others say the structure simply gave way - an inquiry is under way.