Turkish man falls into a giant 20 foot sinkhole vending machine fall on him<br />This is the moment a shop owner vanished into a 20-foot sinkhole which opened up underneath him after he stepped outside for a cigarette break. <br /><br />Footage filmed on February 4 in the Kadokoy neighbourhood of Istanbul shows Omer Kacagan talking on his phone while smoking outside the Nehir Tekel store.<br />As he walked towards two vending machines the ground collapsed and he plunged into the hole, along with one of the machines. <br /><br />Despite saying that one of the vending machines fell on him, Kacagan said he only suffered minor injuries and was rescued by the fire brigade within 25 minutes. <br />Kacagan explained that he was talking on the phone during a quiet moment in the shop and said he fell about 20 feet. <br /><br />He told local media: 'I was talking on the phone in front of my business because there were no customers. <br /><br />'All of a sudden, the ground I stepped on collapsed under my feet. I fell about six metres.<br />Meanwhile, a drinks machine fell with me. Fellow shopkeepers and bystanders reported the incident to the necessary authorities, and I was rescued by firefighters around 25 minutes later.'<br /><br />It is unclear what caused the ground to collapse and if the local authorities are investigating the matter.<br /><br />Some local reports suggested there had previously been a well on the site in front of a three-storey building which has shops on the bottom floor.
