Narrowboat owners have described a frightening scene after a 50-meter-long sinkhole tore through a canal near the border between England and Wales.
A fire chief said it was extremely fortunate that no one was injured.
Some 12 people were rescued and a major incident near the border between England and Wales was declared after reports at 4:22 am on Monday of a hole emerging along the waterway, causing large volumes of water to escape onto land in the Chemistry area of Whitchurch.
Footage on YouTube channel Narrowboat Life Unlocked showed a boat plunging down into a hole while the sound of cracking wood was heard.
Another boat was filmed stranded in the hole as water flowed past it, with a third said to be hanging over the edge.
