No, this is not some Stephen King story – the bizarre accident really happened, a man died and is stuck in 20–feet deep, 30–feet wide hole under what used to be his home.
“At about 9:30 p.m Friday, the 32-year-old man was in a basement apartment in a section of the house that had recently been converted when the foundation suddenly snapped and opened up. He fell into the hole and was covered by debris. Emergency crews reached him but found no sign of life. It appears the sinkhole is getting bigger, and emergency crews said the house was too unstable to let a recovery team in.
“According to geologists in the area, they have determined that there is still movement occurring in the hole,” said Jeff Brand of the California Department of Forestry. “The hole was initially eight to 10 feet deep, 10 feet in diameter and with remote cameras, we have determined the hole [is now] 30 feet in diameter and well over 20 feet deep.” Officials have not yet determined what caused the sinkhole. They are looking into a range of possibilities including whether the recent rains softened the ground under the home or that the house is built over an unknown, abandoned mine shaft.” (via The Sacramento Bee and The San Francisco Chronicle)
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