Texas Sinkhole Keeps Growing

Posted on May 8, 2008 at 2:19 pm.
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In southeast Texas in the small town of Daisetta, a giant sinkhole has continued to grow which swallowed up oil field equipment, poles and a few vehicles - including the tractor and cab of an 18-wheeler and a farm tractor. Officials are taking steps to try to prevent any disaster connected with the growing sinkhole. The sinkhole may have been a result of the land lying on top of a salt brine where oil and natural gas are naturally stored in the earth’s surface.