A Third Sinkhole Opens Up in Florida Town

Just weeks after a deadly sinkhole opened up swallowing 37-year-old Jeff Bush, a new one - 8 feet wide and 10 feet deep - has been spotted less than two miles away.

Gabriella Pazmino was the first to report it, having spotted it while waiting in line with friends at a nearby ice cream truck.

The 11-year-old told ABC News reporters that the sight scared her given recent events.

"I was scared that maybe it would be our house next," she said.

Pazmino isn't the only one shaken up by the growing number of sinkholes. ABC News also interviewed neighbor Ginger Kephardt who, upon hearing the news, felt concerned.

"I said 'Oh my God,' you know?" she told reporters. "It really scared me, it startled me."

As a precaution, the house closest to the sinkhole was evacuated.

One of the evacuees, Robert Lassiter, said he's afraid of what will happen to the place that he shares with his mother and whether or not the two of them will ever be able to move back in.

John Marquardt, a geotechnical engineer, explained to ABC news that while dozens of sinkholes may appear every year, they are rarely deadly.

"To have one occur right in the center of a home, and certainly to injure and even kill somebody - I've never heard of that happening before," he said.

In total, this is the third sinkhole to appear in Seffner, Fla., in March alone. None of them seem to be geologically linked, though as far as local residents are concerned, the three are connected in what seems to be a new trend.

The residents who owned the yard where the second sinkhole took place told ABC News they plan on moving.

Their neighbor, Katia Vargas, is similarly nervous.

"It is really scary that this happened here," she said.