Brother of man killed after he was swallowed up by 100ft SINKHOLE under his bedroom reveals desperate bid to pull him from rubble

A Florida man has disappeared into a 20ft-deep (6m) sinkhole that swallowed up a bedroom in his house.

Jeremy Bush, whose brother Jeff was sucked into a sinkhole, breaks down outside the home

Rescue crews have not made contact with Jeffrey Bush, 36, whose brother heard screams shortly after the hole opened.
Officials in the town near Tampa have postponed further rescue efforts until they determine how much of the ground under the house is compromised.
Sinkholes are common in certain parts of Florida, Hillsborough County’s fire chief said.
“Florida essentially sits on a system of caverns,” Chief Ron Rogers said, saying water erosion in the caverns causes them to collapse and sinkholes to form on the surface.
The sinkhole is currently 30ft wide and 20ft deep, but officials have established a 100ft-wide safety zone, fearing the top of the sinkhole is growing.

The man recounted how he had tried to save his brother but could only see the bed in the hole

“We don’t know how stable the house is,” Chief Rogers said, adding that additional parts of the home began to collapse into the ground while rescuers were inside.

Jeffrey Bush’s brother Jeremy told rescue crews he heard a loud crash near midnight on Thursday, then his brother screaming for help.
One of the first responders to the house had to pull Jeremy Bush back from digging through the widening hole.
“All they could see was a part of a mattress sticking out of the hole,” Chief Rogers said. “Essentially the floor of that room had opened up.”

A man is presumed dead after a sinkhole opened up beneath his house in Brandon, Florida, pictured

There has been no contact with Jeffrey Bush since then. Officials said they had inserted cameras and listening kit into the hole and had observed no signs of life, but will not say he is presumed dead.
Neighbours on both sides of the home have been evacuated.
BBC