YASHIO, Saitama Prefecture—The rescue operation for a truck driver trapped for days inside a sinkhole here will likely be further prolonged because of the constant danger to firefighters in the ...
The sinkhole suddenly opened at an intersection in the Japanese city of Yashio. A second sinkhole nearby is hampering rescue efforts.
At first the sinkhole was roughly 10 meters (33 feet) wide and 5-meters (16-feet) deep, but it has since grown to twice that size. What about the driver? A 74-year-old man is believed to be ...