AUTHORITIES HAVE DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY IN Ocna Mures. SEE PICTURES HERE confidence that sinks CITY

Land subsidence in Ocna Mures produced a gallery following the collapse of the former salt mine in the city has stabilized during the night from Wednesday to Thursday but only for now, the state of emergency saying Ocna Mures.

Chief Inspectorate for Emergency Situations White, Colonel Sofica Dorel said Thursday that the phenomenon AFP correspondent in Ocna Mures has stabilized, but said he can not say where land subsidence has stopped. Ocna Mures crater formed at the surface after a former salt mine surpării reached Wednesday evening, nearly 1,800 square meters, and the phenomenon has destroyed a nearby supermarket and go for a length of 200 meters. Sofica night said that there were no new cracks or the direction of the road blocks in the area. "It follows that today (no - Thursday) and specialists to arrive in Bucharest which will be an expert to determine if the phenomenon has stopped. Around the afternoon we hope to have the expert and we'll decide further action," said Sofica . According to the source, during the night from Wednesday to Thursday's crash occurred small crater formed in the supermarket banks in the city, destroyed by land subsidence.

Some residents in the vicinity of the affected blocks have been sleepless night, some people preferring to remain in the street with police for fear that land subsidence could extend to other locals choosing to go to relatives and and take their valuables with them. During the night, have not been discharged other than the 19 people who were forced to leave their homes Wednesday afternoon. Of these, the family of a priest of the town was moved to the NHA block, a woman confined to bed, but not living in the affected area, was taken to the hospital because he had some health problems, and the rest were moved to relatives and friends. (Dan Lungu, corespondenti@mediafax.ro)