A giant hole was opened in the parking lot of a hospital in Naples, Italy
ROME – A giant sinkhole was opened Friday in the parking lot of a hospital in Naples, Italy, forcing the temporary closure of a nearby residence to recover COVID-19 patients because electricity was cut off.
Operations were unaffected at the Hospital of the Sea, and firefighters said it did not appear that anyone was injured. The sink consumed a few cars in the hospital’s empty visitor parking lot.
The local hospital district said the 20-meter-deep (66-foot) and 2,000-square-foot (21,527-square-foot) sinkhole opened at dawn. Commander of the fire chief. Ennio Aquilino told Italian television channel SkyTG 24 that the implosion may have been caused by an infiltration of water underground as a result of recent heavy rains.
The news quoted the regional governor as saying that the COVID-19 residence would be reopened within a few days after electricity and water services were restored. Both were also interrupted at the hospital, but the backup systems allowed the service to continue.