Sinkhole opens up yards from family's home

The family found their car at the bottom of the hole, which is around 15ft wide.Firefighters were called to the house in Main Road, Walter's Ash, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, at 8.32am on Sunday.No-one was inside the Volkswagen Lupo when the hole opened up.A Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: "Firefighters were called to a sinkhole (30ft deep, 15ft diameter) which swallowed a parked car in the driveway of a house in Main Road, Walter's Ash."Firefighters placed a cordon around it and gave safety advice."The incident was handed over to building control at Wycombe District Council. Firefighters were at the scene for about an hour."The recent wet weather may have caused the sink hole to form by eroding earth used to fill in the old clay, stone and chalk pits.In December a 130ft deep sinkhole opened up in Foolow in the Peak District, and is believed to have been caused by the weather.(telegraph.co.uk)ANN.Az