The huge hole that was opened in a field in Puebla, Mexico, at the end of last week has continued to grow and has already caused the collapse of the perimeter wall of a house located on the edge, endangering the assets of a family of low resources.
The sinkhole increased in size by three meters in the last 48 hours and has
already reached a diameter of 97 meters (318 feet) and a depth of approximately 20 meters (65 feet)
, according to local authorities.
The Sánchez Xalamihua family's house in Puebla, Mexico, next to a sinkhole that threatens to collapse it.
Landslides have caused part of the house to be suspended and part of the masonry wall that surrounds it to collapse.
Now the closest rooms, which have already been damaged, and the rest of the structure are in danger.
This Friday
, 10 researchers from the National Polytechnic Institute arrived
to work in coordination with the Ministry of the Environment in order to initiate geophysical and ion work to determine what caused this fault in the earth.
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Magdalena Xalamihua, owner of the house, assured that they have not received support from any government since the sinkhole appeared on Saturday.
"It hurts a lot from so much sacrifice, we go hungry, the truth does hurt us a lot, because we don't know what will happen to us," he told the media.
"We are hurt from the house that we are seeing that little by little and to pieces it is going to go to where everything ends
,
" he
added.
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The detachment occurred on Saturday in a farmland in the Juan C. Bonilla municipality, just over 20 kilometers from the city of Puebla, in an area where there are only a few small and humble houses of the people who work the crops.
The hole
originated with 5 meters in diameter
(16 feet), in just 24 hours it grew to 30 meters (98 feet)
and since then it has not stopped growing
.
“About five in the morning the fence fell.
This is what those who stayed here tell us.
By the time they come around six, it was like making waves, ”Iván Jacinto, a resident of the town of Santa María Zacatepec, told Noticias Telemundo.
"
Yes, it is scary, the truth is, it is scary
, because it is something that has not been seen before and more than now it is growing," said Gabino Tlatelco, another member of the community.
The governor of Puebla, Miguel Barbosa, assured Monday that it is a "matter of enormous risk."
With information from Efe.