An almost perfectly round, 100-foot sinkhole opened up in an Illinois park this week, a terrifying incident that was caught on camera.from the town of Alton shows a massive light pole between two sports fields being fully consumed by the ground below, leaving behind a billowing cloud of dust.
"No one was on the field at the time and no one was hurt, and that’s the most important thing," Alton's mayor David Goins According to Alton Parks recreation director Michael Haynes, the sinkhole appeared due to a "mine collapse deep underground," tellingthat a limestone mine operated by Springfield, Illinois-based New Frontier Materials was to blame.
"The impacted area has been secured and will remain off limits for the foreseeable future while inspectors and experts examine the mine and conduct repairs," the company toldin a statement. "No one was injured in the incident, which has been reported to officials at the Mine Safety Health Administration in accordance with applicable regulations.". "It’s never been brought up before so I’m told it’s an anomaly. We’ll wait until the investigation is complete.