Overview

• The crater on Samsen Road measured about 30 by 30 meters and up to 50 meters deep, with no injuries reported as three vehicles and power poles were lost.
• Outpatient care at Vajira Hospital is suspended, utilities are cut, nearby roads are closed and traffic is being rerouted as engineers monitor ground movement.
• Contractors were directed to plug the void with more than 50,000 sandbags and rocks to halt soil and groundwater inflow to the rail-station site, with the MRTA and state agencies investigating.
• Officials say a burst water pipe and seasonal heavy rain worsened erosion, and evacuations covered the adjacent police station and surrounding residences.
• An image showing crowds at the sinkhole’s edge was flagged as AI-generated by AFP fact-checkers, who noted the cordoned site prevented such gatherings.