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		</div><p>Parts of a main street collapsed in the heart of a major city in southern Japan, creating a massive sinkhole and cutting off power, water and gas supplies.</p>
<p>The authorities said no injuries were reported from the pre-sunrise collapse in central Fukuoka, which created a sinkhole more than half the size of an Olympic pool in the middle of the business district.</p>
<p>The cause of the collapse is under investigation, Fukuoka officials said, but they linked it to subway construction nearby.</p>
<p>A smaller sinkhole happened in Fukuoka in 2014 at another location of the subway construction.</p>
<p>Fukuoka, a city of more than 1.5 million people, is about 620 miles south-west of Tokyo. The massive cave-in appeared in the city&#8217;s bustling Hakata district, a major business and entertainment centre, with muddy underground water flowing into the hole.</p>
<p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/zzzFukuokaSinkhole_large.jpg"><img src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/zzzFukuokaSinkhole_large.jpg" alt="zzzfukuokasinkhole_large" width="600" height="802" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-99258" /></a></p>
<p>The incident prompted the evacuation of some residents in nearby buildings. Officials were concerned that further erosion inside the sinkhole could prompt nearby structures to collapse.</p>
<p>&#8220;An accident like this is unheard of, one that should not have happened,&#8221; Fukuoka mayor Soichiro Takashima said.</p>
<p>&#8220;We must prevent secondary accidents, and will do our utmost to restore important infrastructure.&#8221;</p>
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