An enormous sinkhole opened up at 2 am and swallowed a parked Renault Twingo at Piazza San Giorgio in Afragola.
Why the 7×7 meter-wide and 5-meter deep hole collapsed is still a mystery. Water main break or secret tunnel rupture?
Although the real cause of the collapse isn’t known yet, the most credible hypotheses are:
- The rupture of the sewer, perhaps due to the heavy rains of the past days
- The rupture of an old tunnel that connects the crypt of the church of St. George with the Castle as a number of secret passages go under the square.
The old Castle of Afragola is situated close to the hole and many tunnels and underground galleries connect the historic building.
Afragola. Enorme voragine in pieno centro, ci finisce un’auto dentro: case senz’acqua
