Landslip threat to homes
An entire row of houses above the site of the Channel Tunnel rail link is in danger of collapsing.
The problem came after a 70-metre-long hole opened up in the ground behind them.
Forty seven residents were taken to a nearby church after the gardens of three houses disappeared in the land collapse in Lavender Street, Stratford, east London.
No-one was hurt and residents were being looked after by council social services staff and the Parks Constabulary.
According to the London Fire Brigade, the hole measures approximately 40 metres by 70 metres, and is 10 metres deep.
Two storey Victorian houses lining Lavender Street and some properties on The Grove, adjoining, have all been evacuated.
The houses are built close to where the new Channel Tunnel Rail link is being dug linking Ashford, Kent, with the new terminal at St Pancras.
The landslip is only a few hundred yards from a school and busy roads lined with shops and pubs.
Police closed streets around the site to allow the fire brigade, engineers and safety officers from the local council to inspect the scene.
A spokeswoman for Newham Council said: "We think it might be connected with the rail link tunnelling. We think the whole row of houses could collapse."
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