Several homes were cleared this morning in Kerkrade due to a subsidence. According to the fire brigade, an old mine shaft has collapsed.
About 80 people had to leave their home. They are received in a community center. It is unclear when they can return, councilor Dion Schneider tells 1Limburg. “It is unlikely that this will be possible during the day.”
He expects the investigation into the cause, severity and consequences of the prolapse to continue all day.
A mining expert is on site. The grid operator and the water supply company cut off the power supply and all pipelines.
Examine old mine shafts
At the time of the subsidence work was taking place in the residential area, precisely to investigate old mine shafts.
“Normally there are no problems, but now things have gone wrong,” said Alderman Schneider. “There is now a hole about a meter deep.”
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