BALTIMORE — Officials say a block-long sinkhole opened up in a residential neighborhood in northeast Baltimore, sucking in several cars and forcing the evacuation of several houses.
The fire department tweeted on its official Twitter account that a sinkhole opened up Wednesday afternoon in the first block of 26th Street. The sinkhole opened next to railroad tracks used by CSX.
The block of rowhouses was being evacuated and a building inspector has been called. The fire department said no injuries had been reported.
A fire department tweet says CSX has suspended rail traffic.
According to one witness, the site looks like a landslide happened.
Rain has drenched central Maryland for more than 24 hours.
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Lofo reporters: this is not a sinkhole. A retaining wall collapsed.
“Sinkhole” implies “Act of God.”
“Retaining wall failure” implies “Human Failure.”
Quite a difference, yes?
Oh……I thought it was a new ball team.
Uncle Al is right! Anytime Jackass Joe is involved it’s a certifiable Human Failure!
Oh, sweet Jesus! At first I read it as ‘Baltimore stinkhole‘.
…there’s enough of that up there without any help from Buckethead Joe.