30 residents evacuated from Esquimalt apartments due to 'sinkhole'

Thirty Esquimalt residents had to evacuate their homes early Tuesday morning after a shoring wall at a residential construction site next door collapsed, causing what tenants described as a large “sinkhole” in the parking lot of the apartment building.

Orlena Lucas, who has lived at 656 Admirals Rd. for 10 years, heard the cave-in before she saw it.

“Between six and seven this morning, I heard a big crash,” she said.

The earth below her apartment building’s parking lot collapsed, taking trash bins and a car with it.

Another tenant noticed the sinkhole shortly after and began knocking on doors to tell her neighbours to evacuate.

Another apartment building, 665 Constance Ave. — located behind

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