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Dramatic footage captures moment house fronts crumble and collapse into Manchester street - hours after sinkhole 'swallowed car'
direct to your inboxDramatic footage captured the moment house fronts crumbled and fell into a Manchester street - hours after a sinkhole 'swallowed' a car' - following the collapse of a sewer.Four properties have been destroyed on Walmer Street, Abbey Hey, Gorton, following the incident overnight.A large emergency services scene remained in place on Thursday afternoon (January 21).Those who live at the terrace houses have been given alternative accommodation.Fortunately, nobody was hurt.It came after a massive hole appeared in the road - amid heavy rain and flooding across the city and Greater Manchester brought by Storm Christoph.Louise Kennedy told how her elderly mother was at home on Walmer Street at the time."She just heard this loud
