Sinkhole shuts factory, halts riverboat traffic in Sweden
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Swedish emergency services say that a huge sinkhole in northern Sweden has forced the closure of a factory in an industrial area and halted boat traffic on a nearby river.
Hakan Wiberg from the Ornskoldsvik emergency services says they had cordoned off the area for fear of further erosion after the hole grew to a size of eight-by-eight meters (26-by-26 feet).
Workers at a forest products refinery on Sunday evening alerted emergency services to the hole, which was apparently caused by a burst underground sewage pipe.
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It was not clear if the hole had caused any damage to buildings but experts were investigating the area on Monday.
No further details were immediately available.