A woman was rescued from a car seconds before it was swallowed by a large sinkhole.
A woman drove through El Paso, Texas, through a flooded area.
Her car began to sink into the water, and passers-by could be seen vying to hold onto it through the sinkhole underneath.
Several people were seen holding the vehicle while firefighters dragged the female driver out the window behind her.
Authorities say the sinkhole opened after the water main broke.
Footage shows the depth of the sinkhole on Wednesday when crews used a backhoe to remove the car from the bottom.
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El Paso Fire Department)reported to have submerged within minutes of being rescued There isabc7 said.
After ruining the family's home,a sinkhole opened and a large hole in the floor.
The hole opened in Ecuador's Varela family home, and Carlos Varela, owner of the
house in Solanda, south of Quito, , he said the leak began in June 2016. This year has slowly deteriorated, causing devastating problems in his home.
He contacted his Quito Potable Water Company to fix a leak in the room used as a storage tank. It was fixed at first, but unfortunately the problem persisted.
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El Paso Fire Department)As the hole grew, Carlos and his wife were forced to pump water from buckets.
As the problem worsened, Carlos had to make adjustments to the house, including tearing down the wall of the house facing the street to allow water to drain from the house.
"I stopped attending meetings held by the municipality because it is now a priority to remove the water because otherwise the stench would come out of the hole," he told his El Comercio. rice field.
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