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The efforts to rescue the driver of the septuagenarian truck swallowed by the sink have also been stopped.
The excavators and rescue personnel who work to build a slope for rescue operations are seen at the site where a truck on January 28 immersed himself in a sink, catching the driver of the vehicle, in the prefecture of Yashio, Saitama. (Image: AFP)
Five homes were urged in the vicinity of a massive sink and in constant shelter near Tokyo to evacuate on Sunday, with efforts to rescue a man trapped inside, according to the reports, he stopped.
The cavity that has since expanded 40 meters (130 feet) wide, almost the length of an Olympic pool, has expanded at 40 meters (130 feet) wide, almost the length of an Olympic pool.
The growth hole could be the result of corroded sewerage pipes, according to local authorities.
Applications were issued on Sunday for five homes near the hole in the city of Yashio, Saitama region, to take refuge, said a local government official to the AFP.
This is in addition to other residents within a radius of 50 meters from the cavity that are also being encouraged to evacuate, he said.
On Saturday, Japanese rescuers completed the construction of a 30 -meter slope to send heavy equipment and reach the truck driver.
But a good amount of wastewater water was discovered below the slope, which, combined with the rain, led to the rescue mission suspended on Sunday, NHK’s public station said.
With the walls of the hole, about 15 meters deep, according to NHK, erosion, rescue workers cannot remain inside it for a long time.
The hole initially was about five meters in diameter, but combined with a larger cavity that was opened during the rescue operation on Tuesday night.
So far, around 1.2 million people living nearby that they reduce showers and clothing have been asked to prevent wastewater from hindering the operation.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a FEED – AFP union news agency)
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