(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of May 25, part of the embankment along the Arno River in Florence, Italy suddenly collapsed, dragging many parked cars down.
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| At around 6:30 a.m. on May 25, a section of embankment along the Arno River near the Ponte Vecchio bridge in Florence, Italy suddenly collapsed. |
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| According to authorities, the collapsed embankment is 200m long and 7m wide. This embankment is located between two bridges: Ponte Vecchio - a famous structure dating back to the 14th century and Ponte alle Grazie. |
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| There were 20 cars parked above when the embankment collapsed. Fortunately, there were no casualties. According to firefighters, the embankment collapsed due to a ruptured underground water pipe. |
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| Authorities have cordoned off the banks of the Arno River to deal with the incident.Authorities are trying to calculate whether the collapsed road can support the weight of a crane used to recover submerged cars. |
Mayor Dario Nardella stressed that the underground water tank below was the result of a deep crack in a 60cm diameter water pipe, one of the city's major water pipes, and not a crack in the banks of the Arno River.
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(According to Le Parisien, Guardian)
