Authorities in Ruskin, Florida, were concerned with a backyard depression this week, fearing it was a dangerous sinkhole like the one in a nearby town last month that tragically swallowed part of a house and took the life of one man.
This hole turned out to be caused by a collapsed septic tank that was apparently abandoned improperly many years ago. You can see a video news report about the collapsed tank here:
http://www.wtsp.com/news/article/309217/8/Apparent-sinkhole-in-Ruskin-likely-a-broken-septic-tank
Residents in Florida have been on edge since the massive sinkhole in Seffner that opened up under the bedroom of Jeff Bush, who disappeared and was never found. The













