Residents of an English village were evacuated as a large sinkhole swallowed parts of the town’s main street up to the edge of homes.

The development of the sinkhole in the Surrey village of Godstone, which appeared on Monday and had grown to at least 20 metres on Tuesday, has been declared a major incident by local agencies.

This massive sinkhole has promptedevacuations in a village near London:: Godstone, England::Local media said the sinkhole appeared late on Monday (February 17) and had grown to at least 65 feet (20 meters) by Tuesday afternoon.