Posted on 09/24/2025 7:25:22 AM PDT by lowbridge
A huge sinkhole measuring 98 square feet has opened up on a road in Bangkok, Thailand, disrupting traffic and prompting evacuations.
Part of Samsen Road in the Thai capital — which is in the midst of monsoon season — collapsed in front of a school at around 7:00 a.m. local time on Wednesday, Sept 24, according to the Royal Thai Police (RTP). The hole is also very close to a hospital and a police station.
“Vajira Hospital, Samsen Road, Dusit District, Bangkok, is a hole 30 x 30 meters wide [98 feet x 98 feet], 50 meters deep [160 feet], and has a tendency to collapse further. Later, at the scene, two electric poles fell and there was a station car,” a release from the RTP read.
The hole has reportedly resulted in damage to the nearby Samsen Metropolitan Police Station, with two of its electric poles and their tow truck falling in, per local newspaper The Nation. Two other vehicles also fell into the hole, according to The Sydney Morning Herald and the Associated Press.
Footage posted online showed the event happening. It forced a hospital to evacuate, and nearby residents to leave their homes, The Nation reported.
Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said that the hole was caused by construction work on a subway station, per the outlets.
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Forms on Busy Highway
Actually a local street, almost and alley way. Next to a police building and behind a hospital.
“...sinkhole measuring 98 square feet...”
Journalist or proofreader, who missed it?
98 feet square is more correct!
Of course, we all knew that....
98 ft diameter hole.
pi x r-squared.
Of course, we all knew that....
That’s still a BigAzz Hole because someone was digging where they shouldn’t have been digging.
But let’s blame Mother Erf instead of general stupidity!
I hate when that happens.
People...people who need remedial help...
NOM NOM NOM
Sounds like someone isn't getting a bonus this year.
For those the know a little about Bangkok, it’s about a mile SW of Bang Sue Train Station.
Guess the world wasn’t their oyster.
Is that near Phuckit?
One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble
Not much between despair and ecstasy
One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble
Can’t be too careful with your company
I can feel the Devil walking next to me
Does it look like the water pipe has been leaking for a long time?
Good thing the sinkhole didn’t go all the way through the earth. I think the other end would in the Pacific Ocean near Lima, Peru, meaning that Bangkok would be flooded by now.
I was thinking at the start that was a nice pickup. We can’t buy them here.
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