The structures inevitably fail as the wood rots, causing problems like sinkholes, he said. Today they are illegal under state law. Buried septic tanks are used now. A driver noticed the sinkhole ...

creating sinkholes. In Atlanta, there is no law preventing people from burying this organic material, so sometimes stumps, trees and limbs are buried on purpose. Problems arise later as they rot ...

The boy fell into a sinkhole, where he remained ... "Analyses of buried trees and surrounding sediment indicated that saprotrophic wood decay fungi continue to actively decompose trees after ...

A massive sinkhole stretching 100 feet opened up in ... as a result of mining or leaky utility lines or from the decay of buried material, according to Penn State Extension, which focuses on ...

Typically, these "buried sinkholes" are a few metres across and between 5m (16ft 5in) to 10m (32 ft 10in) deep. A sinkhole was probably to blame for this horse becoming stuck in 2018 While gradual ...

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — A woman plunged Friday into a 26 feet deep sinkhole in the Kuala Lumpur city center after the pavement she was on caved in, burying her alive, Malaysian authorities said.