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Florida home where sinkhole swallowed man is partially razed

A wrecking crew on Sunday started demolishing the home of a man who disappeared into a sinkhole that swallowed his bedroom while he slept, after rescue workers gave up searching for his body on...

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Photos saved before home over sinkhole demolished

SEFFNER, Florida — Florida rescue workers have ended their efforts to recover the body of a man who disappeared into a sinkhole that swallowed his bedroom while he slept in a suburban Tampa home, and...

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Demolition begins on home in Florida sinkhole tragedy

A Hillsborough County, Fla., firefighter removes salvaged items, including a family photo, from the home where a sinkhole swallowed Jeffrey Bush, late Thursday in Seffner, Fla., on Sunday, March 3,...

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Demolition begins on home in Florida sinkhole tragedy

The sinkhole now poses a safety risk to the residence next door, said Hillsborough County Fire Rescue public information officer Ronnie Rivera at a noon press conference on Saturday. Family members...

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Florida home where sinkhole swallowed man is partially razed

A wrecking crew on Sunday started demolishing the home of a man who disappeared into a sinkhole that swallowed his bedroom while he slept, after rescue workers gave up searching for his body on...

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Workers to finish destroying Florida home where sinkhole devoured man

(CNN) — Unable to rescue a man devoured by a giant sinkhole, workers started demolishing his Florida home Sunday — three days after the ground under his bedroom opened up and swallowed him. Crowds...

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Fla. Sinkhole Victim's Brother Upset by…

The brother of the Florida man pulled to his presumed death into a sinkhole while he slept said today that he believes rescuers could have "tried harder" to save his brother. "I tried my hardest to get...

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Sinkhole Victim's Brother Says Rescuers…

News reports, and videos posted on YouTube, reveal that while falling ground is uncommon, it does happen in the United States and around the world. The opening of the sinkhole has been covered by the...

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Sinkhole Victim's Brother Says Rescuers…

Where are all of these giant sinkholes coming from? Of course there have always been sinkholes, but over the past few years it seems like both the severity and the number of giant sinkholes has been...

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Sinkhole Victim's Brother Says Rescuers…

A man who jumped into a chasm and tried in vain to save his brother from a catastrophic sinkhole said Monday he was frustrated that authorities haven't done more to retrieve the body — even as another...

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Florida Sinkhole Victim's Brother Thinks Rescuers 'Could've Tried Harder'

Demolition crews in Seffner, Fla., on Monday knocked down walls of the house where Jeff Bush, 37, was living before a sinkhole swallowed his bedroom on Thursday night. The hole was not visible outside...

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In wake of deadly sinkhole, more could be headed to Florida

Authorities in Seffner, Florida, are on the scene of second sinkhole — just about three miles from the spot where 36-year-old Jeff Bush died last week after being swallowed up by the earth while he was...

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When the earth opens up: Why it's 'sinkhole season' in Florida

As crews entombed a man who was swallowed by a sinkhole near Tampa, the earth opened up again just a few miles away. In a neighboring county, officials investigated reports of a home cracking on...

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Deadly sinkhole is a sign of more to come in Florida

As workers piled the last mounds of gravel on the sinkhole that engulfed a Florida man, geologists and experts say they expect to see more sinkhole sightings throughout the state in the coming years....

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Deadly sinkhole is a sign of more to come in Florida

SEFFNER, Fla. – As crews entombed a man who was swallowed by a sinkhole near Tampa, the earth opened up again just a few miles away. On Tuesday, in a neighboring county, officials investigated reports...

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Deadly sinkhole is a sign of more to come in Florida

Crews in Seffner, Florida are tearing apart the home in which a 37-year-old man died Thursday after he was devoured by a 20-foot-wide sinkhole — and adding to the tragedy the victim's family has been...

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When the earth opens up: Why it's 'sinkhole season' in Florida

This photo provided by the Louisiana State Police via The Advocate shows the vicinity of the sinkhole that emerged Aug. 3 in Assumption Parish swamplands in Bayou Corne, La. Environmental activist Erin...

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When the earth opens up: Why it's 'sinkhole season' in Florida

SEFFNER, Fla. — Authorities hope to get a better look at a sinkhole that swallowed a man in his Florida home once demolition crews knock down the remaining walls of the house Monday and begin clearing...

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1 hospitalized after Chicago sinkhole swallows 3 cars – USA Today

According to witnesses, the injured man had attempted to swerve around the sinkhole as it was expanding, which led to his car falling into the hole. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital after...

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Video captures Florida sinkhole destroying building

Guests of the Summer Bay Resort in Clermont, Fla. got way more than they paid for and not in the way vacationers hope. An enormous sinkhole opened up below some of the resort's two-bedroom villas,...

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Florida resort hit by sinkhole invites guests to 'come on down'

A 60-foot-wide sinkhole formed under a resort in central Florida late Sunday, forcing guests out of their rooms as one three-story building collapsed and another slowly sank. Guests at the Summer Bay...

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Florida resort hit by sinkhole invites guests to 'come on down'

Sinkhole Imperils Section of Florida Resort. A 40-to-50-foot-wide sinkhole opened in the middle of the night, causing guests to evacuate. 01:54 | 08/12/2013. Related Links: Watch: Sinkhole Swallows...

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Florida resort hit by sinkhole invites guests to 'come on down'

A sinkhole estimated to be 40 to 50 feet in diameter caused a section of a central Florida resort villa to partially collapse early Monday, while another section of the villa was sinking, authorities...

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Florida's costly 'Sinkhole Alley'

Sinkhole Imperils Section of Florida Resort. A 40-to-50-foot-wide sinkhole opened in the middle of the night, causing guests to evacuate. 01:54 | 08/12/2013. Related Links: Watch: Sinkhole Swallows...

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Settling in Sinkhole Alley: 'If you live in Florida they're just a fact of life'

A dramatic 911 call about the sinkhole at Summer Bay Resorts revealed concerns that people would be trapped in a buckling building. "We have a building that's potentially collapsing. I don't know if...

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