Couple escapes just in time as sinkhole opens up and swallows their home

What started as a small crack quickly grew into a devastating blow for a Central Florida family who watched a sinkhole swallow part of their home.

The home owner, Helen Miller, told Fox 35 that she had been mowing the lawn the previous day when she noticed a crack on her back sidewalk.

She said the crack grew throughout the house, which she and her husband monitored throughout the night and eventually decided to get out when they noticed that their bathtub was literally sinking.

According to reports, they managed to get out just in the nick of time. 

At last check, the sinkhole was 7.6 meters across, 4.6 meters deep - and growing.

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