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flag 80 residents in Essen, Germany evacuated due to unsafe building above old coal mine tunnel.

flag 80 residents in Essen, Germany were evacuated after an 8-story building above a disused coal mining tunnel was deemed unsafe due to an insufficiently filled-in ventilation opening. flag The Ruhr region has thousands of kilometers of mine shafts and tunnels, which can cause occasional building collapses and sinkholes. flag Residents may not return for weeks as a specialist company fills the tunnel with concrete.

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