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Aerial footage shows scale of damage from Shropshire ‘sinkhole’

A major incident has been declared at a Shropshire canal where a giant hole has emerged.

Aerial footage appears to show that the structural integrity of a stretch of waterway in Whitchurch has given way, raising flooding fears.

Boats were left either stricken in the cavity or left teetering on the edge of the drop.

Fifty firefighters were deployed to the scene. There are no reports of casualties, according to police.

The Canal and River Trust has blamed the issue on what it described as an “embankment failure”.


BBC News

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