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Posted: 2023-07-13T05:56:20Z | Updated: 2023-07-13T05:56:20Z

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) A Florida sinkhole that in 2013 fatally swallowed a man sleeping in his own house has reopened for a third time, only now its behind chain-link fencing and doing no harm to people or property.

Hillsborough County officials said the sinkhole located in the Tampa suburb of Seffner appeared again Monday, which they said is not unusual for such underground formations especially in central Florida with its porous limestone base.

The hole was about 19 feet (6 meters) wide at its largest point.

None of the homes surrounding this appear to be in any danger, said Jon-Paul Lavandeira, director of the county code enforcement department. This is not uncommon, what were seeing here.