Lucky escape as five-metre-wide sinkhole appears outside Chinese primary school’s gate

A five-metre-wide sinkhole has appeared outside the gate of a primary school in southwestern China, mainland media report.

Luckily no one was injured because the ground collapsed at 8am on Sunday when Xiuling Primary

School in the city of Nanning, in Guangxi province, was closed, the China News Service reported.

Police quickly arrived at the scene of the sinkhole to block off the pavement and road near the school’s entrance.

An initial investigation found the sinkhole was caused by heavy rainfall over a number of days, which had led to the flooding of an underground basement, the report said.