Sinkhole swallows part of car in Downtown Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A conveyance fell into a sinkhole aft Downtown Fresno flooded connected Thursday night, the Fresno Fire Department said.

Just earlier 7:30 p.m., firefighters responded to the country of Fresno and Divisadero streets successful Downtown Fresno for flooding. Upon arrival, occurrence crews study h2o filling the roadworthy and reaching buildings on Divisadero Street betwixt Fresno and U streets.

While crews were connected the scene, a antheral drove his conveyance into a sinkhole. The operator stopped, and crews were capable to retrieve him and determination him to a harmless location. No injuries were reported arsenic a result.

The Fresno Fire Department says they were capable to dilatory down the h2o flow, but present they are assessing imaginable harm to the roadworthy and adjacent buildings. The roadworthy volition beryllium unopen down to support residents safe, but it is chartless erstwhile it volition unfastened due to the fact that repairs volition person to beryllium completed.

Fire crews fishy the crushed for the flooding to beryllium an contented with a h2o main break.