A tourist who fell into a two-meter-wide thermal pool in New Zealand is in serious condition. The hole suddenly opened in the sidewalk while the woman was walking with her husband in the thermal village.
An Australian woman has been seriously injured after falling into a hole in a geothermal heat sink that has opened in a popular New Zealand tourist village, reports say. guardian.
The woman fell into the two-meter-wide hole when the footpath suddenly collapsed due to a sink hole.
Village manager Mike Gibbons said the woman’s husband was also injured when he tried to help the woman out of the hole.
Two nearby guides and a local resident came to help the woman and together they managed to get her out of the hole.
The woman was taken to Rotorua Hospital where she was listed in a serious but stable condition on Friday morning. It is said that her husband is in average condition.
Fumarols are streams that emit volcanic steam and gases, often at extreme temperatures of up to 400°C, and a woman has fallen into one of these fumaroles.
The hole was about a meter deep and may have opened due to recent heavy rains.
The village will be temporarily closed until a full investigation and assessment is carried out by the New Zealand Health and Safety Regulatory Authority – and the local council.
