Sudden and increasing land subsidence caused by an old coal mine worries residents trebinya in southern Poland who fear for their homes and their lives.
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At the football stadium in this town in the mining district Silesiain the middle of a lawn covered with freshly fallen snow, a huge hole is clearly outlined.
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The pit, wide and about ten meters deep, is surrounded by a metal barrier for safety reasons.
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On the morning of February 3, the ground of the stadium collapsed. Since 2021, twenty more holes of different diameters and depths have appeared, five of which in January and February of this year, causing panic among the population.
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“No one knows where the next hole will open. We live on a ticking time bomb,” he told reporters. AFP Mateusz Krol, responsible for the advice of the inhabitants of the Sersha region, where this phenomenon is most. “People are afraid.”
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Despite the closure of about fifty mines since 1990, Poland’s energy balance is still dependent on coal.
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Some professionals cited by local media ask residents trebinya evacuate causing fear.
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In September, the largest hole swallowed up about forty carved stone graves, sixty of which remained in the local cemetery. Experts say exhuming the bodies is impossible as the ground has leveled off.
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Other holes appeared in December, a few meters from a private house. Since then, to check if there are new voids and whether they threaten the construction, a fodder complex has been operating.
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Despite the danger, the residents of trebinya they want to stay at home.
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Source: RPP
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