Pennsylvania sinkhole victim returns home
Pennsylvania sinkhole: Doris Jenkins says she was back in her home Monday after being forced to vacate it Sunday due to the opening of a sinkhole, which was an estimated 25-30 feet wide and 10-12 feet deep.
A large sinkhole opened up in the backyard of a home forcing an evacuation and the closing of Wilson Avenue between Second and Third streets, Bethlehem, Pa., March 10.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa.
A woman who was evacuated after a聽sinkhole聽developed underneath her easternPennsylvania聽home has returned to her house.
The Express-Times of Easton reports聽Doris Jenkins says she was back in her home Monday after being forced to vacate it Sunday due to the opening of a聽sinkhole, which was an estimated 25-30 feet wide and 10-12 feet deep.
That's after Bethlehem Township officials oversaw excavation work done on the聽sinkhole.
Authorities couldn't immediately say if it was related to recent work on a township sewer line.