Florida Man Swallowed By Sinkhole Feared Dead

A man feared dead after he was swallowed by a sinkhole in his suburban Tampa home in Seffner, Florida.

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Reuters reported that Jeff Bush, 37, was in his bedroom Thursday night when the sinkhole suddenly swallowed him and the entire bedroom into the ground.

The sinkhole was estimated 20 feet across and 20 feet deep.

It caused the home’s concrete floor to cave in around 11 p.m. Thursday.

Fortunately five other people in the house were unharmed.

Bush’s brother Jeremy Bush jumped into the hole and tried to dig to find his brother but he could not find him.

He was rescued by Douglas Duvall of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office who pulled him out from the sinkhole.

The sinkhole is slowly growing and it was feared that the entire house could eventually falls into the unstable ground.

Engineers said the house may have to be demolished, even though from the outside the house seems to be alright.

They took soil samples and ran various tests and found that the entire lot was dangerous.

Reuters reported that,”Authorities had not detected any signs of life after lowering listening devices and cameras into the hole and rescue efforts were suspended after the site was deemed too unsafe for emergency personnel to enter”.

Two adjacent houses were evacuated and officials were considering further evacuations.

“This is not your typical sinkhole,” said Hillsborough County administrator Mike Merrill.

Florida is highly prone to sinkholes because there are caverns below ground of limestone, a porous rock that easily dissolves in water.

This is a disaster.

But when it happens away from buildings and roads, it could turn out to be nice and beautiful places after a long time; please click here for ‘Photos: Amazing Sinkholes Around The World’.

List And Photos Of Policemen Killed And Injured In Lahad Datu

The shooting in Lahad Datu killed two and injured three policemen.

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The PDRM members who were killed:

1. INSP G/17992 ZULKIFLI B. MAMAT

2. KPL 113088 SABARUDDIN B. DAUD

And the injured are:

1. KPL 135383 AZMAN B. AMPONG
2.KPL 152133 MOHD TARMIZI B. HASHIM
3. KON 175533 MOHAMED QAIYUM’AIQAL B. ZOLKIFLI

According to PDRM’s Facebook, the bodies of Inspector Zulkifli B. Mamat and Corporal Sabaruddin B. Daud will arrive to the Pengkalan Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia (TUDM) in Subang on  11:00 morning today.

I’m very sad and sorry to the families of the victims, especially the two policemen who were killed in the attack.

Below are photos of the policemen killed in the incident with their families. (All photos in this post are from the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM)’s facebook).

I am very proud of them, they are our hero!

Al Fatihah.

Related Posts:

1. Photos of Lahad Datu Shooting

2. Lahad Datu Shooting: 2 Malaysian Police Killed, 3 Injured