Giant pipe protrudes 10 meters above ground at construction site in Osaka

OSAKA - A giant vertical pipe at a sewer construction site in Osaka was pushed upward Wednesday, protruding more than 10 meters above the ground, police said.

Osaka prefectural police said they received an emergency call around 6:50 a.m. from a pedestrian reporting that "concrete is falling at a construction site." About five minutes later, officers confirmed that a pipe about five meters in diameter was protruding at the site.