EVENING UPDATE: Officials and engineers update recovery of man swallowed by sinkhole in Seffner
Posted: 03/01/2013
SEFFNER, Fla. - Friday evening, Officials updated the search for a man swallowed by sinkhole in Seffner.
To watch the news conference, click the video player.
THE LATEST:
- Hole is 30 feet wide and 20 feet deep
- Crews will demolish part of house before they dig to recover body
- Listening devices have not detected any sign of life
- Cameras have been placed into the hole
- Initial collapse was followed closely by another collapse
- Neighboring homes have been evacuated
- Experts expect the sinkhole to grow
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