Debris is strewn about from a partially collapsed home in Land O' Lakes, Fla. on Friday, July 14, 2017.A sinkhole that started out the size of a small swimming pool and continued to grow has swallowed... (Associated Press) 
 
 MIAMI (AP) — A sinkhole that started out the size of a small swimming pool and continued to grow in Florida swallowed a boat, destroyed two homes and prompted officials to evacuate residents from 10 other homes on Friday. 
 
 Dramatic video showed the home, north of Tampa in Pasco County, collapsing into the hole on Friday morning. The hole quickly grew to 200 feet (60 meters) wide — about two-thirds the length of a football field — and 50 feet (15 meters) deep. 
 
 Pasco County Fire Chief Shawn Whited told reporters that no one was at the home when crews arrived just after 7:30 a.m. Someone had called about a "depression" under a boat parked in the backyard of a home in Lake Padgett Estates in Land O'Lakes. Within minutes, he said, "the hole opened up," and the boat fell in. 
 
 Firefighters were able to get two dogs out of the home and retrieve some belongings before the first home started collapsing into the quickly-expanding hole. By early afternoon, the home next door also had been destroyed by the sinkhole. 
 
 No injuries have been reported. 
 
 County property records show there was a sinkhole previously at the property where the first house was swallowed up, and that it had been "stabilized," in 2012. The home last sold in 2015, according to records. 
 
 Sinkholes are stabilized by boring holes into the ground and injecting concrete 
 
 Kevin Guthrie, Pasco County's assistant county administrator for public safety, said 10 other homes in the neighborhood have been tagged unsafe and the residents have been voluntarily evacuated. He said firefighters and deputies helped people get some of their belongings out of their homes. 
 
 "It was frightening," Guthrie said. "The people coming out of those houses were frightened. Mother Nature is going to take what Mother Nature takes." 
 
 Officials say Duke Energy cut power to about 100 homes in the neighborhood. The American Red Cross is assisting residents who've been displaced. ||||| SEFFNER — A possible sinkhole forced two families out of their home Tuesday evening, authorities said. 
 
 A 911 call from the residents of 5315 Peach Ave. came about 5 p.m., according to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue. The floor of the duplex buckled and the walls cracked, according to agency spokesman Ronnie Rivera, but a visible sinkhole did not open. 
 
 Fire Rescue probed the ground around the home and found soft soil, Rivera said, before recommending the families stay elsewhere Tuesday night. The American Red Cross was called to assist the families, and a soil sampling crew will come today to test the ground under the home. 
 
 Tuesday's incident came less than a month after a sinkhole opened under 240 Faithway Drive, about 3 miles away, killing Jeffrey Bush, 37, and forcing the evacuation of two adjacent homes. Bush's home was demolished and the other homes are still vacant, according to Hillsborough County spokesman Willie Puz. 
 
 Saturday, two homes on Lake Shore Ranch Drive, about 2 miles away from Bush's home, were temporarily evacuated because a sinkhole opened in the yard between them. The families returned that night, Puz said. 
 
 Will Hobson can be reached at (813) 226-3400 or whobson@tampabay.com.
– A sinkhole that started out the size of a small swimming pool and continued to grow in Florida swallowed a boat, destroyed two homes, and prompted officials to evacuate residents from 10 other homes on Friday, the AP reports. Dramatic video showed the home, north of Tampa in Pasco County, collapsing into the hole on Friday morning. The hole quickly grew to 200 feet wide—about two-thirds the length of a football field—and 50 feet deep. Pasco County Fire Chief Shawn Whited told reporters that no one was at the home when crews arrived just after 7:30am. Someone had called about a "depression" under a boat parked in the backyard of a home in Lake Padgett Estates in Land O'Lakes. Within minutes, he said, "the hole opened up," and the boat fell in. Firefighters were able to get two dogs out of the home and retrieve some belongings before the first home started collapsing into the quickly-expanding hole. By early afternoon, the home next door also had been destroyed by the sinkhole. No injuries have been reported. Kevin Guthrie, Pasco County's assistant county administrator for public safety, said 10 other homes in the neighborhood have been tagged unsafe and the residents have been voluntarily evacuated. He said firefighters and deputies helped people get some of their belongings out of their homes. "It was frightening," Guthrie said. "The people coming out of those houses were frightened. Mother Nature is going to take what Mother Nature takes." Officials say Duke Energy cut power to about 100 homes in the neighborhood. The American Red Cross is assisting residents who've been displaced.