My house is very near where it happened, just over the Krung Thon bridge. Actually I had surgery at the Vajira Hosiptal last year and this is on the regular route I take to go to Makro Samsen. There are lots of roadworks on this stretch of Samsen Road due to the construction of a new MRT line, have been for over 5 years now. There were already annoying diversions in place but now the only way to Makro, according to Google Maps, is to cross the Rama VII bridge and come all the way back down. 😔

 

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BANGKOK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Thai authorities rushed to contain a massive sinkhole near a hospital in central Bangkok that disrupted utilities and traffic, officials said on Wednesday.

 

The 50-metre deep (164 feet) sinkhole extended about 900 square metres in front of the Vajira Hospital, halting traffic.

 

Footage on social media showed the road slowly sinking as water poured out from a drainage pipe, dragging down electricity poles. The hospital announced that it would not take on patients during the incident.

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thailand-works-tackle-massive-sinkhole-capital-2025-09-24/

 

 

That's huge.  I wonder how long it take to fix this mess.

 

on. my. goodness. and it just happens to be on the route where they are digging the new, i think purple line, MRT extension. so if it's a sinkhole i'll bet it was aided and abetted by the tunnelers! 

Trump

 

The view from a PE.

Stink Hole or Sink Hole?

 

That is the question.

 

 

Such a calamity, we have never witnessed.....

 

And, most ignoble.