Never-before-seen video from inside the Florida home where a sinkhole opened underneath a bedroom and killed a man in February has been released, along with reports that the homes surrounding the sinkhole-decimated house have been condemned as well.
The footage shows a gaping hole in what used to be the bedroom of 36-year-old Jeffery Bush, who fell into the sinkhole as it opened beneath him and never made it out. The hole is so deep that peering inside it reveals nothing but darkness. Though the sinkhole might still be expanding, an early report estimates the killer sinkhole to be 30-feet wide and 20-feet deep.
Tampa, Fl. new station WTSP 10 News showed the footage to Jay Silver, the president of sinkhole repair company Helicon Foundation Repair, who has spent the last decade dealing with catastrophic sinkholes.
"Now that's a scary hole," said Silver looking at the video. "This is extremely dangerous, because you don't know how unstable it is. If you fell down in, you could agitate it and start it caving in more and you're sucked down the hole."
The house on top of the killer sinkhole has since been destroyed and 10 News reports that due to unstable ground around the sinkhole, the two standing houses on either side of it have been condemned by the county.
On Tuesday Lisa Jaudon, who lives in one of the condemned houses, found out she'd have to leave her home of 21 years.
"It's just a house, it's just a building; we have our lives, we have our family," she said to 10 News. "Still, it's very emotional."