Nearby residents said they were informed that an 8ft sinkhole had begun forming on Monday.
“At that point, the homeowners were not overly concerned,” one resident told Los Angeles magazine. , external
“We thought it could be fixed pretty quickly.” But then, he continued, “all hell broke loose”.
Further ground gave way in the early hours of Tuesday morning, leaving a 30ft crater.
The collapse was said to swallow up much of the home’s driveway, and left broken asphalt, concrete and construction debris inside the hole.
Emergency services responded in the early hours of Tuesday morning when the structural failure caused a gas leak. SoCalGas later confirmed the leak had been secured.
