Massive sinkhole opens up near Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's $50million Point Piper mansion

  • The hole opened up on Wentworth Street in Sydney on Wednesday morning
  • It opened up on a street close to Prime Minister Turnbull's harbourside home 
  • Emergency services are at the scene, where a gas line has ruptured due to a collapsed footpath 

By Khaleda Rahman For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 18:01 EST, 7 February 2017 | Updated: 21:10 EST, 7 February 2017

A massive sinkhole has opened up in a street near Malcolm Turnbull's lavish Sydney mansion.

The 10m long crater opened up on Wentworth Street in Sydney, just 500m from the Prime Minister's $50million harbourside home in affluent Point Piper.

The street collapsed outside a six-bedroom house that is currently on the market for $11.5million following wild weather on Tuesday.

A Fire & Rescue NSW spokesman told Daily Mail Australia that emergency services were called to the scene at 7.10am on Wednesday to reports of a gas leak. 

A massive sinkhole has opened up on a street near Malcolm Turnbull's Point Piper mansion 

A massive sinkhole has opened up on a street near Malcolm Turnbull's Point Piper mansion 

She said a gas line and water pipe ruptured due to a collapsed footpath and driveway. 

Aerial footage of the sinkhole showed a large portion of the footpath and the grass next to a driveway had fallen into the hole. 

The gas line was shut off by a firefighter who was lowered into the sinkhole, which was 4m wide and 4m deep.

'Fire & Rescue NSW were called to a gas leak that was caused by the collapse of a footpath and driveway,' she said.

'The collapse ruptured a gas line as well as a water pipe and exposed electrical cables.

The hole opened up on Wentworth Street in Sydney after a gas line ruptured on Wednesday

The hole opened up on Wentworth Street in Sydney after a gas line ruptured on Wednesday

A video, posted by 7 News Sydney , shows an aerial shot of the huge crater in the leafy suburb

A video, posted by 7 News Sydney , shows an aerial shot of the huge crater in the leafy suburb

'A firefighter was lowered below ground level to clamp off the gas.' 

The spokesman added: 'We have now left the scene and handed the site over to the council.' 

Wentworth Street is closed between Wentworth Place and Wolseley Road while emergency services work at the scene. 

Police ordered four nearby properties, two of which were occupied, to be evacuated, the Daily Telegraph reports. 

The ruptured gas line has been shut off by a firefighter who was lowered into the pit 

The ruptured gas line has been shut off by a firefighter who was lowered into the pit 

The sinkhole opened up outside a property (pictured) that is on the market for $11.5million

The sinkhole opened up outside a property (pictured) that is on the market for $11.5million

The six-bedroom mansion belongs to Ke Gui and has two pools and six bedrooms

The six-bedroom mansion belongs to Ke Gui and has two pools and six bedrooms

The sinkhole opened up outside the home of Ke Gui, the son of Hong Kong-listed Nanjing Sinolife United chairman Gui Pinghu.

The vast property, which Mr Gui put on the market last year in order to upgrade to the waterfront, has two pools and eight bathrooms. 

Meanwhile, Mr Turnbull's home, which he shares with his wife Lucy, is the most expensive owned by an Australian prime minister by far.

Malcolm Turnbull's waterfront home in Point Piper (pictured) in Sydney is worth $50million 

Malcolm Turnbull's waterfront home in Point Piper (pictured) in Sydney is worth $50million 

The sinkhole opened up near the home the Prime Minister (pictured) shares with his wife 

The sinkhole opened up near the home the Prime Minister (pictured) shares with his wife 

 


 

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