People in an Orange County apartment complex are getting nervous after a hole opened up in the ground on the property. Many are calling it a sinkhole, saying it’s too close for comfort.There’s work to fill in the hole at the Emerald Villas complex along Pine Hills Road. Photos started coming in from nervous residents on Thursday, none of them willing to be identified because they don’t want any backlash.On the road, there was a pile of sand that had been trucked in to fill the void and begin the process to fill that possible sinkhole filled to the top.What we don’t know is if it’s been determined that it’s actually a sinkhole.Other things can cause a depression in the ground, perhaps an underground pipe that’s leaked for a while. All we know is the note that was posted by the property. A resident also sent us a photo of a posting placed where residents could be put on notice, calling it a sinkhole and saying people should stay at least 50 feet from the edge of it. One building there has been vacated, according to the sign, and the sheriff’s office is patrolling.WESH 2 called the complex but the person who answered the phone said they could not speak with us. The timeline for the repairs and the safety status of the building closest to the hole are not clear. Top stories: Florida couple says their intimate moments were watched by tech company employees 3 hurt in Daytona Beach shooting Sheriff: Brevard County mom punched her child in the face
People in an Orange County apartment complex are getting nervous after a hole opened up in the ground on the property.
Many are calling it a sinkhole, saying it’s too close for comfort.
There’s work to fill in the hole at the Emerald Villas complex along Pine Hills Road.
Photos started coming in from nervous residents on Thursday, none of them willing to be identified because they don’t want any backlash.
On the road, there was a pile of sand that had been trucked in to fill the void and begin the process to fill that possible sinkhole filled to the top.
What we don’t know is if it’s been determined that it’s actually a sinkhole.
Other things can cause a depression in the ground, perhaps an underground pipe that’s leaked for a while. All we know is the note that was posted by the property.
A resident also sent us a photo of a posting placed where residents could be put on notice, calling it a sinkhole and saying people should stay at least 50 feet from the edge of it.
One building there has been vacated, according to the sign, and the sheriff’s office is patrolling.
WESH 2 called the complex but the person who answered the phone said they could not speak with us.
The timeline for the repairs and the safety status of the building closest to the hole are not clear.
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