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Sinkhole Eats LA Fire Truck

42,000-pound vehicle was responding to early-morning broken pipe

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 8, 2009 7:23 PM CDT

(Newser) – A broken water pipe in a Los Angeles neighborhood today created a sinkhole that swallowed one of the city’s fire trucks, KTLA-TV reports. The crew, responding to the break just after 5am, felt the street buckle beneath the 42,000-pound truck; it gave way...   Read full story »

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