Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Sinkhole Swallows Car, Forces Evacuations of Homes In Florida

TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) - Residents in a central Florida community watched anxiously on Tuesday after two holes opened in the ground, including one that swallowed a car, forcing six families to evacuate their homes.

The first of the two holes opened on Monday morning in the Holiday Travel Park, a community for people aged 55 and over about 35 miles northwest of Tampa that houses some 500 residents during the peak winter months.

The hole was only 4 feet on each side when Pasco County Fire Rescue arrived on Monday at the property, authorities said in a statement. Within 15 minutes, it had grown big enough to swallow a car at its edge. The hole was measured at 10 feet wide and 10 feet deep on Monday afternoon .... http://news.yahoo.com