FOXNews.com: STUCK IN SINKHOLE:Florida Rescue Teams in Effort to Save Buried Man

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STUCK IN SINKHOLE:Florida Rescue Teams in Effort to Save Buried Man Mar 1st 2013, 14:06 A large sinkhole opened under the bedroom of a house near Tampa, trapping a 36-year-old man in the rubble. The home collapsed late Thursday in a Brandon neighborhood. By early Friday, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue officials determined the home had become too unstable to continue rescue efforts. "Right now, the potential for a collapse is very, very high," Jessica Damico, a Hillsborough Fire and Rescue spokeswoman told MyFoxTampaBay.com.  The man's condition is unknown, and authorities have not been able to make contact with him.  Officials told MyFoxTampaBay.com that rescuers tried to send a camera and listening device into the hole but it was swallowed up.  A total of five adults and one child were in the home.  Damico says Bracken Engineering officials determined the home's bedroom is the center of the sinkhole, which measures about 50 feet in each direction. Engineering officials will return later Friday morning with more sophisticated monitoring equipment to determine the actual diameter and depth of the sinkhole. Tampa TV station WFTS reports the man's brother tried to pull him from the sinkhole. An arriving deputy was able to pull the brother from the still collapsing sinkhole. The state of Florida has the most sinkholes in the United States.  Click for more from MyFoxTampaBay.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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