Massive Sinkhole Swallows Boat, 2 Homes; 10 Others Evacuated
MIAMI (AP) — A sinkhole that started out the size of a small swimming pool and continued to grow in Florida swallowed a boat, destroyed two homes and prompted officials to evacuate residents from 10 other homes on Friday.
Dramatic video showed the home, north of Tampa in Pasco County, collapsing into the hole on Friday morning. The hole quickly grew to 200 feet wide — about two-thirds the length of a football field — and 50 feet deep.
Pasco County Fire Chief Shawn Whited told r
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