The unnamed men were travelling in a Lada Largus in a car park in Penza, Russia when a hole opened up and the entire car was swallowed with them in it.
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It's believed the sinkhole was caused by un underground hot water pipe bursting, meaning it was filled with scorching hot 75-degree water. The men would have died almost instantly.
Photographs of the scene show the sinkhole still steaming with heat as rescue workers try to retrieve the car.
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‘A car fell as a result of the ground collapsing. Sadly people were killed,' said the local Ministry of Emergencies.
