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Lucky escape as five-metre-wide sinkhole appears outside Chinese primary school’s gate
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Alice Yanin Shanghai
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 
Heavy rainfall in recent days is believed to have caused the sinkhole. Photo: SCMP Pictures School in the city of Nanning, in Guangxi province, was closed, the China News Service reported.

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