Open Wide: These Sinkholes Swallowed Vehicles Whole

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A Los Angeles fireman looks under a fire truck stuck in a sinkhole in the Valley Village neighborhood of Los Angeles, Sept. 8, 2009. Four firefighters escaped injury early Tuesday after their fire engine sunk into a large hole caused by a burst water main in the San Fernando Valley, authorities said.
A Los Angeles fireman looks under a fire truck stuck in a sinkhole in the Valley Village neighborhood of Los Angeles, Sept. 8, 2009. Four firefighters escaped injury early Tuesday after their fire engine sunk into a large hole caused by a burst water main in the San Fernando Valley, authorities said.Nick Ut—AP
By Dan Kedmey

The Pittsburgh woman who lost her sedan to a sinkhole on Tuesday is not alone, as this slideshow reveals. Whether that’s comforting or disconcerting is for her to decide.

Emergency officials approach cars on the edge of a sinkhole in Baltimore, April 30, 2014.
Emergency officials approach cars on the edge of a sinkhole in Baltimore, April 30, 2014.AP
Corvette Museum Sinkhole
One of eight Chevrolet Corvettes is removed from a sinkhole in the Skydome at the National Corvette Museum, Monday, March. 3, 2014, in Bowling Green, Ky. On Feb. 12 2014, a large sinkhole swallowed eight prized cars, piling them in a heap amid loose dirt and concrete fragments.Alex Slitz—AP
A construction vehicle lies where it was swallowed by a sinkhole on Saint-Catherine Street in downtown Montreal
A construction vehicle lies where it was swallowed by a sinkhole on Saint-Catherine Street in downtown Montreal, August 5, 2013.Christinne Muschi—Reuters
Sink Hole Swallows Car In Chevy Chase, Maryland
A utility worker looks underground to examine the scene where a sinkhole began on December 3, 2010 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. No one was reported injured in the accident. Logan Mock-Bunting—Getty Images
Philly Sinkhole Car
Workmen view a car with its front end in a sinkhole, July 30, 2013, in Philadelphia. PVI-TV reported the sinkhole opened up overnight on a street in the city's Hunting Park section, with the front of the car falling in the hole. Matt Rourke—AP
APTOPIX Guatemala Sinkhole
A sinkhole covers a street intersection in downtown Guatemala City, May 31, 2010. A day earlier authorities blamed the heavy rains caused by tropical storm Agatha as the cause of the crater that swallowed a a three-story building but now say they will be conducting further studies to determine the cause. Luis Echeverria—AP
A Los Angeles fireman looks under a fire truck stuck in a sinkhole in the Valley Village neighborhood of Los Angeles, Sept. 8, 2009. Four firefighters escaped injury early Tuesday after their fire engine sunk into a large hole caused by a burst water main in the San Fernando Valley, authorities said.
A Los Angeles fireman looks under a fire truck stuck in a sinkhole in the Valley Village neighborhood of Los Angeles, Sept. 8, 2009. Four firefighters escaped injury early Tuesday after their fire engine sunk into a large hole caused by a burst water main in the San Fernando Valley, authorities said.Nick Ut—AP
Slug: PH/SINKHOLE Date: 04/24/2008 CREDIT: Linda Davidson /
An Aerial view looking down on a sinkhole as traffic passes in Frederick, Maryland on April 24, 2008.Linda Davidson—The Washington Post/Getty Images
Rescue workers remove a bus with a crane from a Lisbon street sink hole Nov. 25, 2003. The bus was parked on a Lisbon street when the ground began to open. No casualties were reported.
Rescue workers remove a bus with a crane from a Lisbon street sink hole Nov. 25, 2003. The bus was parked on a Lisbon street when the ground began to open. No casualties were reported.Jose Manuel Ribeiro—Reuters/Corbis

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