A soccer field located above a mine in Illinois has been closed after a massive sinkhole swallowed the ground, leaving a gaping 100-foot-wide crater in the middle of a public park.

Surveillance footage captured the moment the 30-meter-wide hole opened up and began to swallow the artificial turf and one of the soccer field's light poles before disappearing completely into the ground.

A huge cloud of dust and debris was thrown into the air above the football pitch, leaving a huge hole in the middle of the field.

Michael Haynes, Alton’s parks and recreation director, told the Alton Telegraph on Wednesday that the park would be closed indefinitely “out of an abundance of caution.”

Haynes added that no one was injured in the collapse and no miners were harmed.

Alton Mayor David Goins added: “No one was on the field at that time and no one was injured, and that's the most important thing.”

The park will remain closed until engineers have confirmed safety.

“We are waiting to hear back from the mine and what the geologists and engineers say,” Haynes said. KSDK“We will follow their lead in determining what happens next. They can determine what happened, why it happened, how to prevent it and how we fix what happened here.”

The sinkhole occurred Wednesday morning at Gordon Moore Park in Alton, Illinois, burying an area of ​​an artificial turf soccer field above a Bluff City Minerals limestone mine.

The resulting hole is at least 30 meters wide and about 15 to 9 meters deep, Haynes said, adding that it looks “like something out of a movie.”

The area collapsed just above the 40 to 50 foot thick roof of the mine. Bluff City Minerals' quarry has been operating underground for many years and is located adjacent to the west side of the park, the Alton Telegraph reported.

A spokesman for New Frontier Materials, speaking on behalf of Bluff City Minerals, confirmed to the local newspaper that their underground mine in Alton had experienced a “surface subsidence” that had “opened a sinkhole in Gordon Moore City Park.”

“The affected area has been secured and will remain closed for the foreseeable future while inspectors and experts examine the mine and make repairs,” the spokesman said. “No one was injured in the incident. It has been reported to Mine Safety Health Administration (MSHA) officials in accordance with applicable regulations.”

“Safety is our top priority. We will work with the city to resolve this issue as quickly and safely as possible to minimize impact to the community,” they added.

Haynes told KSDK that the collapse occurred between two of their soccer fields, swallowing half of each field. The fields were part of a recreation area that they had just spent $1.5 million on five years ago to complete their new turf, soccer and football fields, and concession stands.

“It’s a little disheartening,” Haynes added.

Alton Parks and Recreation wrote on social media that all programs, sporting events and activities scheduled at Gordon Moore Park on Wednesday and Thursday have been canceled while the sinkhole investigation continues.