XIAMEN, CHINA — A massive sinkhole swallowed up several cars and part of a busy road intersection in Xiamen, China at 9:50 pm on Thursday, Chinese officials told China News.<br /><br />The state-run media reports that 500 square meters of the road had collapsed near Xiamen Metro's Lucuo Station. <br /><br />Social media footage on China News shows at least two cars that had fallen into the pit. <br /><br />Chinese officials told the outlet that all personnel trapped in the sinkhole had been rescued and that no one was injured in the incident.<br /><br />According to China News, an underground pipe or pipes was damaged during the incident and caused flooding to the area.<br /><br />Citing Chinese netizens on Weibo, Taiwan's Liberty Times speculated that the water main might have been damaged prior to the incident and had caused the collapse to occur.<br /><br />The incident went viral on Chinese social media and netizens posted videos of brown water inundating Lucuo station up to ankle depth.<br /><br />Chinese officials say that the subway system will resume normal operations by 8:30pm on Friday.
