At least one person’s remains could be inside a truck cabin swallowed by a sinkhole in Japan and found inside a sewer pipe after two weeks of search, a fire department official said on Wednesday.

“I noticed a concrete wall on the side of the hole, and when I checked the old map, I found that it had ... been several incidents involving sinkholes in Japan in recent years.

The sinkhole in Yashio city is believed to be caused by a sewer rupture A truck cabin that was swallowed by a sinkhole in Japan two weeks ago has been located in a nearby sewer pipe, authorities say.

The sinkhole suddenly opened up during morning rush hour an intersection north of Tokyo, swallowing the lorry - Copyright JIJI Press/AFP STR The sinkhole suddenly ...