Sinkhole swallows buildings in China
Police evacuate more than 300 nearby residents
A sinkhole swallows buildings on Monday in the city of Guangzhou in China's Guangdong Province.
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<b>--SUPERS</b>--</p><p>CCTV</p><p>Monday</p><p>Guangzhou, China</p><br /><p>January 28, 2013</p><br /><p>
<b>--VIDEO SHOWS</b>--</p><p>1. Various of subsidence occurring</p><p>2. Wide of sinkhole</p><p>3. Various of debris</p><p>6. Various of trucks in operation</p><p>
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<b>--CCTV SCRIPT</b>--</p><p>A sinkhole swallowed buildings on Monday in the city of Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, has been filled up by 11:00 Tuesday, said local authorities.</p><p>The subsidence first occurred at around 16:20 Monday, triggering the collapse of a three-story building. And the sinkhole happened again late at night, causing the collapse of another three-story building.</p><p>A local resident said he saw the collapse happened again at around 21:00, and no people were injured or died in the accident for they had moved out.</p><p>According to Kong Shaobo, head of the Guangzhou Metro project, the sinkhole was near the construction site of the Cultural Park station on line six and local police have evacuated more than 300 nearby residents and closed the traffic there. </p><br /><p>
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