“Wells such as that of the accident of the small Rayan, we do not have any to my knowledge in Belgium”, reacts Benoît Lebeau, technical adviser of Spéléo-Secours, the organization mandated by the Civil Protection in the event of accident at home. “On the other hand, holes can form in the ground because of a natural cavity, or not, below, sometimes following bad weather. They occur in areas near caves or near old mining operations. Ten years ago, we intervened for a resident of Waimes, who had gone to look for wood, and his wife who was looking for him. They had fallen at night into a hole that had formed in their property,” recalls the speleologist. According to him, one or two such holes are formed every year a few meters, even fifteen, deep.
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